Summary

  • Ferrari's Raikkonen quickest on final day of first test session

  • Tyre supplier Pirelli conducted wet-weather test on day four

  • Barcelona circuit soaked overnight using water tanks and again at lunchtime

  • Hamilton did not run after Mercedes reported electrical fault

  • Williams withdraw because of car damage sustained yesterday

  1. Postpublished at 13:39 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

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  4. Grosjean joins Bottas on trackpublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 13:23 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

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    Since the water has come out the back of some lorries I reckon they're hoping to grow some Leyland DAFfodils.

    Here all week. No, really.

  6. Postpublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    Bottas goes out again.

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  8. Postpublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    Tell a lie, Bottas has gone out in the Mercedes.

    Three soggy laps on the extreme wets and he's back in.

  9. Green flagpublished at 13:01 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    A reminder that they gave re-watered the track at lunchtime.

    So no-one is exactly rushing to get out there.

  10. Who, what, where, when - the answerpublished at 13:00 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    Hello, hello. 

    We're back again so let's get straight to the answer, which - as many, many of you said - is Graham Hill surveying the wreckage of his Lotus 49B after the rear wing failed at Montjuic Park, 1969 Spanish Grand Prix.

    I am - as always - humbled by your knowledge.

    hillImage source, Getty Images
  11. Time for a break - and a teaserpublished at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    Right, time to rest a wee while. We'll reboot this page just before 13:00 GMT.

    To tide you over, here's a lunchtime teaser of the Blurry Picture Quiz variety. 

    Normal rules apply. Simply tell us WHO is in this picture, WHERE is it, WHEN is it and WHAT is going on.

    #bbcf1 please.

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  12. Postpublished at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

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  14. chequered flag

    Chequered flagpublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    Session over.

    Hard to sum that one up really. 

    Obviously there's been lots of lovely data harvested by Pirelli, but I'm not sure how much the teams would have got from it. 

  15. Postpublished at 11:58 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    Haas' Romain Grosjean goes for a late run on the supersofts and moves into second place with a 1:22.739.

  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:57 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

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  17. 'We're happier than you would think'published at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    Dan Knutson
    F1 journalist in Barcelona

    Toro Rosso’s Technical Director James Key had a midday meeting with the media. Daniil Kvyat’s car is currently undergoing an engine change.

    “When we have run, it has been OK,” Key said. “We have not had nearly as much running as we hoped for various reasons. We are stuck in the garage at the moment. So it has been a bit frustrating as well. We have only run the medium tyre, and we have not done any performance running. We are not doing lap times this week, we are just trying to get miles on the car.

    “But everything we have seen in terms of the aero numbers, in terms of the characteristics of the car, appear to be pretty much in line with expectations. So on that basis we are actually happier than maybe externally you would think.”

  18. Postpublished at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

  19. Mercedes send out Bottaspublished at 11:52 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017

    Conveniently, the Mercedes has shaken off its electrical fault now the track is dry and is sending the W08 out.

    Lewis Hamilton has already informed us he won't be having a drive today, so it's Valtteri Bottas - scheduled to take over the car this afternoon - who gets a pre-lunch outing. 

  20. Oh... yaypublished at 11:50 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2017