Raikkonen tops it ahead of Perez and Ricciardo, with Grosjean completing the most laps. 7. 8. Bottas' 77 laps (and counting) means the world champions are looking like a good bet to complete 200 across the day. 1. The testing sessions was stopped by 2 red flags. 0900: Here's a look at the teams' planned running order for the day. AlphaTauri rookie Yuki Tsunoda claimed a surprise second place, finishing just under a tenth of a second behind Verstappen. He’s just under a second off Perez. The Frenchman was enjoying a good day but lost control and went into the gravel before clipping the barrier. Close. https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/28741623/f1-preseason-testing-day-two Daniel Ricciardo - Renault - +0.402s - 41 laps 1617: Quite a few race simulations on track, which of course means not much happening on the lap board. Red Bull seem ready to go again very soon. 6. He is able to bring the AT01 back to the pits. The four-time F1 champion, whose last title was eight years ago with Red Bull, mustered just four more laps afterward and ended the day in a lowly 16th. Powered by F1reader.com | Close Top Bar 2021 Bahrain F1 Test Day 2 - Saturday lap times 2pm It is an unlucky number, after all. He puts in a 1:17.091 on soft tyres to do so, before complaining about the sun getting in his eyes. 1300: That's lunch. Sergio Perez - Racing Point - 1:17.347 - 23 laps 1130: We are into the last 90 minutes of this morning session – Perez continues to lead the way from Ricciardo. 0946: Big improvement for Hamilton who pumps in a 1:18.915 on the C2s. Renault has had a curiously slow day. With Claire Williams gone, what next for women in Formula One? Alex Albon, Red Bull, 134 laps, +0.821; 5. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - +1.040 - 106 laps It confirmed during the running today that it is delivering its car to the track overnight and aims to run it tomorrow afternoon. Follow all the latest updates from Bahrain as F1's new-look grid for 2021 hits the track for the first time first of three days of pre-season. The steering wheel was then fixed back to its normal position before the braking point. F1 2021 Pre-Season Testing - Day 2 - Yuki Tsunoda. The 23-year-old completed a mighty 139 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit as he acclimatised himself to the new RB16B, setting a best lap time of 1.30.674. Alex Albon - Red Bull - +0.821s - 132 laps The first day of three with testing in Bahrain is done. An on board with Hamilton earlier showed the reigning world champion pulling his steering wheel backwards slightly when on the straight, thus changing the camber of his front tyres ever so slightly. George Russell, Williams, 116 laps, +1.175; 8. 1800: Nobody improves, and that’s that for Day 2 of testing. Watch all of F1 2021 Testing Live on F1 TV - http://f1.com/F1TVLiveWe're half way through Testing in Bahrain! Manually refresh to update the page. 1023: Hamilton is on the track again, but instead of moving into the softer compounds like his rivals, he is on to the hardest C1 tyres. That's the lowest of any team so far. 1133: Russell completes lap 41 of his day as he improves to P4 within a second of Perez. 1240: 20 minutes remaining in this morning session. All times local (Morning session begins at 0900 and ends at 1300; Afternoon session runs from 1400 to 1800). 1153: Mercedes are describing Hamilton’s fancy wheel as a “steering mode”, and it seems it isn’t only here for testing. F1 Test, Day 1 lap times. 100% Upvoted. Romain Grosjean - Haas - +1.149s - 87 laps 1737: Here’s how Grosjean’s session came to an end; he’s had worse…, Grosjean spins at Turn 4 and bumps the barriers#F1Testing pic.twitter.com/QQfsELDM89. That Alfa Romeo C39 is looking a bit twitchy as he builds up some heat and pace. Perez leads the way with a four-tenth margin over Ricciardo. Pierre Gasly - Alpha Tauri - 0.774s - 133 laps 6. Sebastian Vettel is finally back in the car, having missed Wednesday with illness. 1147: Albon jumps up to P3 on the C2 tyres. 10. Alex Albon - Red Bull - 0.636s - 111 laps 1040: As for lap totals, Grosjean currently leads the way after completing 37. He's just gone out for his first lap in the 2020 car during this test. 1647: Grosjean tops the charts in terms of laps completed today. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1.040s - 106 laps 1721: We’ve had our biggest incident of testing so far, courtesy of Grosjean. And still no red flag! The teams with two drivers listed usually use the hour-long lunch break to swap its drivers. 12. "It's been the best half day for Mercedes at testing, by some margin," said Sky F1's Martin Brundle. 1747: Along with Kimi and Grosjean, Bottas also won’t be coming back out as his car has an electrical problem. It was a busy day for Sainz, who was also testing for Pirelli in the morning session before handing over to Fernando Alonso in the afternoon. Charles Leclerc - Ferrari - +1.244 - 49 laps Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 73 laps, +1.063 ; 7. Kimi Raikkonen - Alfa Romeo +0.188s - 120 laps 1053: Sergio Perez cranks up the pace even further in his pink Mercedes with a 1:17.347 on the C3s. Lando Norris - McLaren - +1.383s - 136 laps 11. 10. Haas: Grosjean Pierre Gasly - Alpha Tauri - +1.030s - 146 laps 6. 9. 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See how a second day of pre-season testing unfolded at the Circuit de Catalunya with Mercedes’ DAS system the centre of attention. 1401: We’re underway for the afternoon session here in Barcelona. 1108: Hamilton has been attracting attention this morning for his steering wheel rather than his times. 5. 10. share. Fernando Alonso is the early pacesetter in day two of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain. Kimi Raikkonen - Alfa Romeo - 1:17.091 - 134 laps Rememeber under the new rules a team can only do that now if they need to basically take their car to pieces. Going for a trip onto the old track at Turn 10 isn’t going to help the Frenchman much. 10:40: Here are two of the cars causing the most intrigue this week. Hamilton has already passed a century of laps, the next nearest is Romain Grosjean on 78 laps for Haas. 14:00: We are back underway in Barcelona. youtu.be/3d5iOa... 0 comments. 2. 5. Charles Leclerc - Ferrari - +0.988 - 49 laps 3. P8 for the German right now. 11. with an explanation from the team's technical chief James Allison. 0936: Romain Grosjean has a snap on the left front as he brakes heading into Turn 10. Day 4 of F1 testing: As it happened. 1414: Valtteri Bottas takes to the track for the first time today in the W11. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas has topped the times on Day 2 of pre-season testing, finishing ahead of Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly. Virtual front row occupied by Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Lando Norris (McLaren), with Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) fifth and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) only tenth. F1 2021 Pre-Season Testing - Day 2 - Yuki Tsunoda. 1300: And that’s it for the morning session. The first driver into the 1:17’s – a 1:17.749 on the C3s shoots the Renault man up to P1. Daniel Ricciardo - Renault - +0.402s - 17 laps 11:00: Here are the times as we enter the final two hours of the morning session. Romain Grosjean, Haas, 158 laps, +1.405; 12. 1100: It’s been a quiet morning for George Russell. We are still waiting for the first red flag of the preseason so far. Why has Hamilton only signed a one-year extension? Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 49 laps, +1.244; 9. 2. 1452: All fixed down at Renault it seems with Esteban Ocon putting himself on the leaderboard in P12. 0845: Here is who you can expect to see in action today, with Sebastian Vettel set for his first laps this afternoon after he was ruled out on Wednesday due to illness. 1143: Perez was set there to shatter his own best time of the session and likely set the fastest time of testing so far, but either he backed right off or made a big unseen mistake. Lap times at 2pm on Day 2 of pre-season testing in Bahrain ahead of the 2021 F1 season. The track lights will go green again in 30 minutes’ time at 0900 local. 4. He will complete the day and then drive for all of Friday. Watch the tyres very carefully here, and how they ever so slightly move inwards towards the car when the steering wheel is pulled back. 8. A curious Mercedes device is capturing paddock intrigue. 1015: Here are the times after 75 minutes. Mercedes has confirmed an electrical issue has ended their day early, meaning Bottas finies the day having completed his race number -- 77 -- on the lap chart. Racing Point: Perez Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri, 147 laps, +1.030; 6. He took a while to get out on track this morning, while Ocon, currently in the garage, has only managed 28 laps. Here are the final times and results from the second day of the first F1 pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona. Two laps just passed riding with Lewis and on both occasions the world champion pulled the steering wheel backwards, as you can see in the snippet of video above. Date published: February 26 2020. This time the gearbox in the back of Sebastian Vettel's Aston Martin had a gear shift problem, just like Valterri Bottas had with the Mercedes yesterday. 1805: Thanks very much for sticking with us today. Alexander Albon - Red Bull - +1.076s - 34 laps 2. 1419: Renault reporting a damaged floor after Ricciardo went over a kerb, they expect to miss 40 minutes of this afternoon session. 1028: Gasly is up to P2 again on the C3s, but still only Ricciardo is in the 1:17’s. Charles Leclerc goes within three tenths after a 1:19.202 on the same compound. George Russell - Williams - 0.919s - 106 laps hide. 13. Sainz then took over the McLaren that the team was using for its own testing from Lando Norris, and duly set the fourth quickest time on the C3 compound as part of 21 late laps, registering a 1m 29.795s. 1006: Gasly improves on his own benchmark after finding another two tenths. Charles Leclerc - Ferrari - +0.988 - 35 laps Perez: RB signing 'a dog finding new family', Alpine reveals interim livery as part of rebrand, Team boss Abiteboul leaves Renault ahead of Alpine rebrand, Why Perez was the right choice for Red Bull, Hamilton: Perez makes Red Bull a bigger threat in 2021, Sao Paulo's Interlagos to keep F1 race until 2025, Ineos buys one third of Mercedes F1 team, Wolff to remain until 2023, F1's attempt to end domination does Mercedes a favour - Allison, Who made the grade? You can read our report of everything that happened here, and join us tomorrow at 9am local time to do it all again, cheers! 3. Esteban Ocon - Renault - +1.466s - 52 laps Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes - +2.216s - 77 laps. Kimi Raikkonen - Alfa Romeo - +1.161s - 65 laps Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - +1.063s - 72 lap Here are the final times and results from the third day of the first F1 pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona. Day 2 of F1 testing: As it happened Date published: February 20 2020 See how a second day of pre-season testing unfolded at the Circuit de Catalunya with Mercedes’ DAS … 0954: That’s 21 laps completed for Hamilton as he comes into the pits – Mercedes get a cheeky practice pit stop in. Mercedes explains innovative steering system, 1. Romain Grosjean - Haas - +2.233s - 39 laps 16:30: Lots of centurions on the lap counter. 13. 1. Romain Grosjean - Haas - 1.149s - 145 laps 4. Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo, 134 laps, 1:17.091; 2. Moving the suspension to reduce toe-out on the straights pic.twitter.com/XB1QAyPFk9. 9. You can read more about this moving wheel here, and see it in action. Mercedes technical chief James Allison speaks to the media later today, so it might be one that gets a fair amount of attention today. Ranking F1's class of 2020, McLaren still years away from matching Mercedes. 6. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 0.926s - 54 laps It's called "toe-in", as it enables Hamilton to turn the steering arm, which controls the camber of the wheels. He is eight tenths down on Perez at the top. Renault: Ricciardo (AM)/Ocon (PM) 1544: Vettel’s back in the garage and talking to his engineers. 1704: A quick lap at last! 1004: That AlphaTauri AT01 continues to look handy as Pierre Gasly takes over top spot courtesy of his 1:18.749. Pierre Gasly - Alpha Tauri - +0.812s - 37 laps Lap times at 5pm on Day 2 of pre-season testing in Bahrain ahead of the 2021 F1 season. Formula One testing concluded today at the Hungaroring, with a fastest time for Sebastien Vettel and a show stopping performance from none other than Robert Kubica. At last! The teams have been remarkably productive. ... See you again tomorrow at 0900 local time for Day 5. 1024: Oh, hello Danny Ric. Max Verstappen laid down an early marker ahead of the world championship on the opening day of pre-season F1 testing in Bahrain, while Lewis Hamilton suffered a nightmare start … 1. Get F1 news in your inbox! Defending champion Lewis Hamilton ended the day in fifth place. 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Daniel Ricciardo - Renault - +0.402s - 41 laps The new benchmark is 1:17.091. #DrivenByEachOther pic.twitter.com/wmL2BJOhI3, — Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) February 20, 2020. 0949: Daniel Ricciardo wants in on the C2 action as he splits the top two with a 1:19.140. 9. 3. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, 77 laps, +2.216. Raikkonen pulls over with a mechanical issue and gets out of the car, bringing the session to a halt. Log in or sign up to leave a comment Log In Sign Up. 1406: The doors are closed down at Red Bull also now, oh dear. Driver line-ups for Day 2! Sergio Perez - Racing Point - 1:17.347 - 121 laps 1423: Sebastian Vettel is getting suited and booted. Alexander Albon - Red Bull - +0.808s - 59 laps It’s no surprise then that he’s told over team radio to build tyre temperature. All 10 teams seem pretty well prepped for this preseason given the stability in the regs between 2019 and 2020. The four-time F1 champion, whose last title was eight years ago with Red Bull, mustered just four more laps after that and ended the day in a lowly 16th. 7. Mar.12 - The 2021 season finally has kicked-off. 1719: Kimi goes top! Sort by. 12. @LewisHamilton smashes through the 100 lap marker for the morning! 2021 F1 pre-season testing day two in pictures; Live: 2021 pre-season testing day two; Honda have definitely made gains with their qualifying performance – Tsunoda; Fewest laps, least progress, but was Mercedes’ start to testing really that bad? Please find below all you need to know about winter F1 testing tickets, dates and schedule and hospitality packages. Since it became the dominant F1 outfit Mercedes has always done this but I thought by now other teams would be in a similar position to go out and just hit the ground running from the outset. 11:40: The fact testing is being filmed and broadcast properly is great for fans but it has also enabled people to spot something rather interesting Mercedes is doing. Make sure to read the full report from the session here. Lando Norris wins the first race of being the first driver out on track and is swiftly followed by the likes of George Russell, Romain Grosjean and Sergio Perez. Legal or not, whatever Mercedes have come up with here is insane. Red Bull: Albon The two-time world champion is returning to the sport after a prolonged period away, but he has seemingly taken like a duck to water in his new machinery. 2019 F1 preseason testing times: Day 2 F1 is back: Pre-season testing Day One LIVE! George Russell - Williams - +1.174s - 28 laps 3. Meanwhile, the cameras have captured the Renault team having a very close look at the footage of his moving steering wheel. Lando Norris - McLaren - +2.234s - 24 laps. Perez (Racing Point), Gasly (Alpha Tauri), Hamilton (Merc), Grosjean (Haas), Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) and Norris (McLaren) have all gone past 100 laps at some point today. Ferrari: Leclerc (AM)/Vettel (PM) 2. … 8. 1746: We have a red flag! Ferrari's Charles Leclerc fired off a 1m30.486 lap on mediums 20 minutes into the session, which set the tone for a busy start as teams tried to make the most of their last 2021 pre-season test day. 12:40: Its so impressive seeing Mercedes accumulate mileage in these tests. Get yourself a beverage then get strapped in. (0:59) He has been out there for a while but with his first hot lap he moves up to P7 on the C3 compound. Vettel took over from Charles Leclerc after lunch time. The day again started off with a Mercedes gearbox problem. Norris heads straight out onto the circuit. The latter in his Mercedes W10 Racing Point RP20. "It's just beginning to come back under control again." 17:30: Kimi Raikkonen has put Alfa Romeo top of the order in the final hour. Valtteri Bottas finally restored Mercedes to the top of the F1 pile at the end of day two of testing after a tumultuous start to the reigning champions’s season. In the meantime, check out the full Day 4 report right here. 1754: Just six minutes left of the session but most of the drivers are heading out one last time nonetheless. Max Verstappen set the fast time of pre-season testing ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, which starts in Bahrain in two weeks’ time. 1255: Leclerc gets a big snap of oversteer into the chicane, he rescues the slide and recovers on to the track. Shake N' Rake #F1Testing #WeAreWilliams pic.twitter.com/TIpfRlXif7, — ROKiT WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) February 20, 2020. It looks like he is over the worst of his flu and we should see the four-time World Champion for the first time in 2020 very soon. 4. 0930: Day one was a productive one for all the teams so you would expect the same today. Like many drivers on their first experience of an F1 car, Schumacher said he had been wowed by the braking capabilities. First day of testing was “a poor start to the season”, Mercedes admits George Russell - Williams - +1.175s - 116 laps 15:45: Here's some more information on the innovative steering system Mercedes is running here today, with an explanation from the team's technical chief James Allison. It’s worth noting that was on the C3s though. 1514: Vettel moves up to P8, doing a 1:18.4. 8. Report of first day of 2021 F1 testing in Bahrain. report. Hamilton signs single-year contract extension with Mercedes, Airspeeder launches world's first electric flying race car, Grosjean: F1 a closed book but never say never, Grosjean to make return from injury in IndyCar, How Perez rode a lifelong sponsorship to the peak of F1. It comes courtesy of Raikkonen who moves up to P2, two tenths behind Perez. 1021: Alex Albon has been like a Jack-in-the-box jumping in and out of the RB16. Sergio Perez, Racing Point, 145 laps, +0.256; 3. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - +1.296s - 106 laps He navigates his Haas VF-20 around the corner and continues on his way but has another moment at the start of his next lap. Home News Day 2 of F1 testing: As it happened. Lando Norris - McLaren - 1.190s - 126 laps Has Sainz made the right move joining Ferrari? Romain Grosjean - Haas - +1.405s - 158 laps Day two timesheet: 1. We’re live from Formula 1 testing at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, and we’re bringing you live F1 timing results throughout each and every day! Alfa Romeo: Raikkonen It’s unclear at the moment what the issue is. Max Verstappen and Red Bull made a promising start to Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain by setting the fastest time on a challenging day one.. Today the day started of with great weather and the tarmac even warmed up to over 40°C. 0900: We have green lights. 14:20: Sebastian Vettel, who missed his scheduled day in the car yesterday with illness, has taken over from Charles Leclerc at Ferrari. 4. The world champions' car appears to have a steering wheel which the driver can pull towards himself, changing the angle of the tyres. Daniel Ricciardo, Renault, 41 laps, +0.658; 4. But they have strapped him in now and he sets a 1:18.462 on the C2s. 2:28 1510: Bottas the latest driver to spin at the dreaded Turn 13. Hamilton spins out on second day of F1 testing (0:59) Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes gets beached in the gravel on day two of testing in Bahrain. 5. Or is it last year's Mercedes with a different lick of paint? 1012: Hopefully Gasly enjoyed that time at the top – can he respond after Leclerc takes over P1 with a 1:18.335? Williams: Russell. 9. Esteban Ocon - Renault - 1.210s - 34 laps Pierre Gasly - Alpha Tauri - +0.818s - 76 laps Sergio Perez - Racing Point - 1:17.347 - 48 laps Gasly had to settle for P2 on the C5 compound, as the Alpha Tauri man finished with a best time of 1:30.413, while a very late time from Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll on the same compound moved him up to finish in P3. 1530: Kimi with a carbon copy of his compatriots spin. 1428: And there he goes, Vettel heads out onto the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the first time in this test. 1518: Albon, on a decent lap, goes far too deep at Turn 10 and loses it. Lando Norris - McLaren - +1.190s - 48 laps. Follow us on Twitter @Planet_F1 and like our Facebook page. 1228: Hamilton brings up the century – 100 laps in the bag. That brings Mercedes' combined tally for the day to 183. Vote. A run on the C5 and softest compound tyre was good enough to put the W12 on top in the final hour, and ahead of Red Bull for the first time since Abu Dhabi last year. He managed to drive back to the garage, but rear-wing damage means his session is over. 1442: No improvements yet from the drivers continuing after the morning session.