Summary

  • Day 1 of 2nd and final pre-season test in Barcelona

  • Felipe Massa finishes the day fastest

  • Engine change for McLaren in the morning

  • Wehrlein drives Sauber for first time

  • Get involved #bbcf1

  1. Postpublished at 17:37 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    What did we learn from the first day of the final F1 test? That there is hope for all of us when we get into out 30s. Felipe Massa is a machine!

    Right, that's it from me for today. I'll be back again bright and early in the morning for day two. See you then!

  2. Not bad for an old guy?published at 17:24 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

  3. Total lapspublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    It finished all square between Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa - 168 laps each.

    Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari); Felipe Massa (Williams) - 168

    Esteban Ocon (Force India) - 142

    Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) - 89

    Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) - 86

    Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) - 83 

    Kevin Magnussen (Haas) - 81  

    Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) -80

    Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) - 57  

    Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) - 53

    Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 49

    Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber) - 47

    Jolyon Palmer (Renault) - 15

  4. Postpublished at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Nico Hulkenberg is all smiles as he arrives back at base. Meanwhile, his Renault - which stopped between turns 12-13 is lifted onto a recovery truck.

  5. Testing day one timespublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Final times on the first day of the second test. Those in bold took part in the morning only.

    1) Felipe Massa (Williams) 1:19.726 - supersoft

    2) Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:19.900 - ultrasoft

    3) Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:19.906 - soft

    4) Lewis Hamilton - (Mercedes) - 1:20.456 - soft

    5) Valtteri Bottas - (Mercedes) - 1:20.924 - soft

    6) Esteban Ocon - (Force India) - 1:21.347 - supersoft  

    7) Nico Hulkenberg - (Renault) - 1:21.589 - soft  

    8) Kevin Magnussen - (Haas) - 1:21.676 - soft

    9) Daniil Kvyat - (Toro Rosso) - 1:21.743 - soft

    10) Stoffel Vandoorne - (McLaren) - 1:22.537 - soft

    11) Pascal Wehrlein - (Sauber) - 1:23.336 - soft

    12) Marcus Ericsson - (Sauber) - 1:23.630 - soft

    14) Jolyon Palmer - (Renault) - 1:24.790  - soft

  6. chequered flag

    Chequered flagpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    That's a wrap.

    Felipe Massa finishes the day with the fastest time after clocking 1:19.726 this morning.

  7. red flag

    Red flagpublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Seconds before the chequered flag is waved there is a red flag. 

    Nico Hulkenberg has stopped on the track in the Renault...

  8. Get involved #bbcf1published at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Richard Stephenson: Williams car looks quick... shame they've got a journeyman and a rookie pedalling it.  

  9. Postpublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Two minutes to go and Felipe Massa heads on out, possibly to try and clinch the most laps in a day crown. Sebastian Vettel has just surpassed his tally by completing lap number 164.

  10. Postpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Felipe Massa pulls into the pits after completing lap number 163. An absolutely monumental effort and plenty of valuable data collected with that sort of mileage. I wonder how much Williams will be benefit from having his experience again this season?

    A touch under 10 minutes to go, with Daniel Ricciardo, Sebastian Vettel and Stoffel Vandoorne among the handful of drivers pushing it until the final minute.

  11. Postpublished at 16:44 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    A marginal gain for Valtteri Bottas as he does a 1:20.924. He stays fifth, but moves to within half a second of Lewis Hamilton in P4.

    Looks like Felipe Massa is going to finish top of the pile today. Fastest time and plenty of laps, an excellent day for the Williams driver.

    Imagine if he won the title this year. Out of retirement to become world champion. Like something from a Rocky film.

  12. Postpublished at 16:38 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Esteban Ocon has also been hard at it today. He's onto 123 laps and counting in the Force India. Impressive!

    Ocon, one of the tallest current drivers, has had to pile on pounds in recent months to help cope with the physical demands the 2017 cars put up on the driver.  He basically had to eat as much as he could. I can think of worse problems.

  13. Stoff pushing hardpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

  14. Postpublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Lap number 150 for Felipe Massa. He's done more than the equivalent of two Spanish GPs in a day and will have some wobbly legs tonight.

  15. Postpublished at 16:24 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    As is often the case, I stick a times update and someone goes and puts in a lap to significantly alter it.

    That someone just now is Nico Hulkenberg. He leaps up to P7 with a 1:21.589 on softs. That means McLaren have been the 10th quickest team today, with just Sauber below them.

  16. Get involved #bbcf1published at 16:21 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Geoff Ford: Any chance we can get those time updates with the tyres too please?  

    As you said please, Geoff, I've chucked them in now. 

    Check the testing times update at 16:10 GMT, should pop in soon.

  17. Postpublished at 16:19 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    A bit of tinkering and a couple of tweaks later, Daniel Ricciardo heads out for some lappage with 40 minutes to go.

  18. Latest lap countpublished at 16:14 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    1) Felipe Massa - 138

    2) Sebastian Vettel - 133

    3) Esteban Ocon - 110

    4) Kevin Magnussen - 72

    5) Daniel Ricciardo - 67

    6) Daniil Kvyat - 65

    7) Valtteri Bottas - 58

    8) Stoffel Vandoorne - 55

    9) Lewis Hamilton - 49

    10) Pascal Wehrlein - 47

    11) Marcus Ericsson - 36 

    12) Nico Hulkenberg - 35

    13) Jolyon Palmer - 15

  19. Testing times updatepublished at 16:10 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Latest on the track with just under one hour to go. The drivers in bold only ran in the morning.

    1) Felipe Massa (Williams) 1:19.726 - supersoft

    2) Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:19.900 - ultrasoft

    3) Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:19.906 - soft

    4) Lewis Hamilton - (Mercedes) - 1:20.456 - soft

    5) Esteban Ocon - (Force India) - 1:21.3476 - supersoft

    6) Valtteri Bottas - (Mercedes) - 1:21.375 - soft

    7) Kevin Magnussen - (Haas) - 1:21.676 - soft

    8) Daniil Kvyat - (Toro Rosso) - 1:21.965 - soft

    9) Stoffel Vandoorne - (McLaren) - 1:22.698 - soft

    10) Pascal Wehrlein - (Sauber) - 1:23.336 - soft

    11) Marcus Ericsson - (Sauber) - 1:23.630 - soft

    12) Nico Hulkenberg - (Renault) - 1:24.028 - soft

    13) Jolyon Palmer - (Renault) - 1:24.790  - soft