2022 Formula 1 Barcelona February testing
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F1 Barcelona pre-season test - Day 2
Minute by minute updates on the second day of the 2022 Barcelona F1 pre-season test
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Ocon punches in a 1m23.800s on his 20th lap of the day, continuing to put in the miles for Alpine. Alonso got 129 laps under his belt yesterday, as the Enstone squad looks to have decent reliability out of the gate.
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It's now a 1m23.280s for Ocon, with Albon and Stroll also out on the track at the moment.
Albon has now joined the 20-lap club, circulating on the C3 tyre, while Hamilton and Perez rejoin the circuit to try and get into the double-figures of lap count.
Perez has logged a 1m25.860s, while Hamilton posts a 1m26.282s on C3s - moving up to seventh and eighth respectively.
That's a 1m24.057s for Perez now, who moves ahead of Schumacher to sit sixth - and now begins his 10th lap of the day. He's out on the C2 tyres.
Perez now punches in a 1m23.417s - remaining P6, but edging closer to Ocon's time in fifth. Hamilton meanwhile pits, just shy of completing his 10th lap.
"Back to the hot topic of porpoising. The Alpine doesn’t appear to suffer from it at all as it approaches top speed into Turn 1. It’s rock solid. But there appears to be a trade off for that granite-like set-up in that Ocon keeps locking up the front-left into the slow, cambered Turn 5. The tyre is very easily unloaded by the weight transfer. Come to mention it, Alonso did so frequently yesterday afternoon, too."
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Sainz has extended his advantage at the top, popping in a 1m20.890s lap to sit with a 0.8s buffer over Albon in the times. Gasly moves up to P4 with a 1m22.602s.
It's now a 1m21.466s for Gasly, who shuffles up to P2 on his 21st lap. Schumacher remains eighth, but posts a 1m23.499s.
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"Okay Checo, let's go over the signals. If I tug the bill of my cap like so, it means the signal is a fake. However, I can take that off by dusting my hands thusly. If I want you to bunt, I'll touch my belt buckle not once, not twice, but thrice."
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Ricciardo pokes in a 1m21.923s to remain fourth on C2 tyres. Perez also did a 1m23.320s earlier - also on the second-hardest tyres available.
It's a 1m23.159s for Bottas, who now moves up to P6 on his eighth lap of the day.
Next time around, Bottas posts a 1m22.858s - on C3 tyres - to continue sitting in sixth place, and now begins his 10th lap.
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We've got a few drivers over the 30-lap boundary now: Sainz, Ricciardo and Ocon have all surpassed that figure, and Schumacher's just a lap away from crossing that too.
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Hamilton is up to P5, posting a 1m22.562s on his 16th lap. Perez and Gasly have now taken to the circuit.
A flurry of photographic action takes place in the media centre, as Hamilton pits. The windows overhang the pitlane, allowing for the photographers to get top-down shots of the seven-time champion's Mercedes. I went too, but only to look at the tyres he was on - the C2s, naturally.
Schumacher moves up to P5 now on the C3 tyres, with a 1m22.535s, on his 32nd lap of the day. Haas seems to have found some more reliability today, which is encouraging after a few issues yesterday.
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Sainz goes even quicker, setting a 1m20.546s - almost a second clear of Gasly. Haydn and Alex are standing by the window to gauge which tyres he was on, and they report a C3.
It's a 1m22.412s for Perez, moving the Mexican up to fifth on the timesheets. Ocon, Stroll, Hamilton and Sainz continue to circulate too
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Ricciardo remains fourth, but posts a 1m21.775s on the C2 tyres to get within two tenths of third-placed Albon. The McLaren is looking luminous in its new paint scheme.
Ricciardo and Perez are currently the only two drivers on the circuit, as we approach the final hour-and-a-half of this morning's running. Okay, make that Ricciardo - Perez has just dived into the box.
"Red Bull is bringing a new floor into the garage."
There's a familiar face lurking in the background of that photo - although I didn't recognise him without sandals on. For those following on Twitter, you'll have to pop onto the site feed to see it...
All's currently quiet in the pitlane. Sainz and Ricciardo lead the mileage charts with 46 laps each, while Stroll has 43 and Schumacher has 41. Ocon sits on 40 laps, which sounds marginally uncomfortable.
Hamilton breaks the lull and emerges from the garage - and currently has the circuit to himself.
Schumacher's also on-track now, as is Ocon. That ought to liven things up a bit after the deadlock in running.
Schumacher shuffles up to P5 with a 1m21.949s lap, having logged 45 laps this morning now. He's continuing to put mileage on the VF-22.
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We've crunched the numbers, and done some very important work here - finding out who replaces Antonio Giovinazzi as the F1 driver with the highest Scrabble score. Are you ready? Let's begin.
Lowest score is Lando Norris with a mere 12 points, with Lance Stroll just ahead on 13. Esteban Ocon scores 15, tied with George Russell. The other below-20 pointers are Pierre Gasly (17), Valtteri Bottas (19) and Yuki Tsunoda (19).
Daniel Ricciardo would net you 20 points, same as Sebastian Vettel, while Lewis Hamilton is worth 21 points. Carlos Sainz and Nicholas Latifi offer 22 points each, with Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc both on 23 points.
Alexander Albon (24) and rookie Guanyu Zhou (26) sit below Max Verstappen, who awards 29 points. That just leaves the Haas duo...
It's Mick Schumacher who wins out, his name worth 34 points to Nikita Mazepin's 30. Neither can beat Antonio Giovinazzi's 39 points, the double-Z worth 20 points alone.
"It's been another tricky morning for Alfa Romeo, just 12 laps completed by Valtteri Bottas thus far. That's a grand total of 44 as we near the halfway point of the test. To put that into context, Sainz and Ricciardo have managed more than that this morning alone..."
"Lots of teams are struggling with the porpoising issue on the straights as the cars judder up and down. A big battle for them through testing will be combatting the problem and getting on top of it as best possible. Still no red flags thus far today, which is pretty impressive all things considered!"
Stroll moves up to P5 with a 1m21.920s on the C3 tyres, as he approaches his 50th lap of the day. Sainz continues to add to his lap count, as Schumacher pits.
"We have a spinner. The Haas, which has looked convincing in Schumacher’s hands so far today, has just swapped ends on entry into Turn 13. The configurable layout with asphalt to spare means it was a fairly harmless error and he’s soon back on his way."
Sainz very much has the circuit to himself at this point. We're into the final hour of this morning's action and he's just chalked up his 60th lap. That said, as I type this, I hear Ocon departing the pitlane.
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