Summary

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

  • Valtteri Bottas does quickest lap so far in testing

  • Raikkonen crashes in the Ferrari

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Red Bull there or thereabouts?

    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    Red Bull had a low-key start to testing, looking about a second or so off the pace in the first week. But from the start of play on Tuesday, Daniel Ricciardo was looking much better. On the soft tyres, he was right there with Ferrari and Mercedes. Unlike them, he also tried both the super-soft and ultra-soft, and was slower on the former and not much quicker on the latter. 

    “We learned something from that,” the Australian said, without elaborating. “In terms of where we were last week I feel that the car is starting to come alive more. At the moment there is no big secret or anything. We are not holding 2 seconds in our pocket, but we definitely feel that we can still get more out of the car.” So where did he think Red Bull were compared to the fastest?

    “Not sure,” he said, “but we are there, thereabouts. Yeah, we are close enough.” Interesting.

  2. Max Verstappen heads back out for Red Bull, with Marcus Ericsson and Lance Stroll also joining him on the track.

  3. Go! Go! Go!

    The beached Ferrari has been removed and we are back under way again.

  4. Testing - times latest

    1) Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) - 1:19.310 supersoft

    2) Felipe Massa (Williams) - 1:19.420 ultrasoft

    3) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 1:20.406 - soft

    4) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 1:20.432 - soft

    5) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 1:20.702 - soft

    6) Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) - 1:21.213 - supersoft

    7) Sergio Perez (Force India) 1:21.297 - supersoft

    8) Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) - 1:21.872 - soft

    9) Lance Stroll (Williams) - 1:22.217 - soft

    10) Romain Grosjean (Haas) - 1:22.428 - soft

    11) Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber) - 1:23.000 - soft

    12) Fernando Alonso (McLaren) - 1:23.041 - soft

    13) Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) - 1:25.042 - medium

  5. While we wait for the recovery vehicles to do their thing, let's take a look at the timesheet at 15:00 GMT.

  6. I think I cursed Ferrari by putting a picture of Kimi Raikkonen in my opening entry. He was smiling, and Kimi smiling is a sure-fire sign of the coming of the apocalypse.

  7. Get involved #bbcf1

    David Barker: Everyone admit it we all thought "Bet it's Stroll"

    Now, now, David.

  8. Kimi Raikkonen is out of the car and OK. His Ferrari is up close to the tyre wall but I can't quite tell if he's touched the barrier.

  9. It's the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen, which has gone off at Turn Three.

  10. red flag

    Red flag

    Someone's gone off into the gravel...

  11. Busy afternoon programme for Fernando Alonso as Honda confirm he will be "gathering aero data, testing tyre compounds and mapping the power unit".

    He's got two hours to do that in.

  12. There's a few other big names emerging as well. 

    Max Verstappen, who has been MIA since before lunch, heads back out in Red Bull, replete with a new engine sat inside it. Kimi Raikkonen is also back out in the Ferrari.

  13. Never fear, Fernando Alonso is here.

    McLaren are good to go.

  14. Get involved #bbcf1

  15. I'd like to think McLaren are going all Robocop on us and secretly rebuilding the car into some sort of unstoppable force for good. Wishful thinking?

  16. Long runs for Hamilton

    F1 journalist Dan Knutson in Barcelona:  Just as Valtteri Bottas did yesterday, Lewis Hamilton is doing long runs this afternoon. He is currently on an 18-lap stint using the Pirelli soft tyres.

  17. Lewis Hamilton returns to the track while Joylon Palmer also emerges. He only managed 15 laps yesterday before spending the rest of his day in the Renault garage as they decided to change the engine.

  18. More problems for McLaren?

    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    Fernando Alonso has been in the pits for some time now and there has been no word on when he is coming out again other than the team saying it will be “this afternoon”. 

    Word on the street is that it’s some form of problem with the engine again but that the floor is going on again now. But a Honda spokeswoman denied this, saying: “There is nothing wrong today. We’ve got lots to get through after our limited running last week, so just busy changing things on the car. We're going through our run-plan as planned.”

  19. Get involved #bbcf1

    David Brown: McLaren must be having a 3 course meal for lunch, followed by a Siesta!!!  

    Ash: Have McLaren just sacked it off and gone home?!?!  

  20. It's all quiet on the track at the moment, so here's a picture of Kevin Magnussen having his face scanned...