Ferrari doubles the bet, off the track for Gasly

Like his teammate Sebastian Vettel the day before, Charles Leclerc sets a benchmark time in the morning and watches his competitors stumble on his mark during the rest of the second day of on-track action at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

The Monegasque clocked a time of 1:18.247 at the wheel of an SF90 shod with yellow C3 tires (medium) when Vettel covered the 4,655 km of the Catalan track in 1:18.161 with the same Pirelli compound on Monday morning.

To the 169 laps of the quadruple German world champion, Leclerc adds 157 aboard a car decidedly well-born, even if it is always risky to draw plans on the comet during the winter games.

The former champion of Formula 2 precedes the McLaren MCL34 motor Renault de Lando Norris, who climbed to second place in the last minutes of the session like his neighbor in the garage Carlos Sainz yesterday. The young Briton was riding with the red (soft) C4 tires when it was time to give his best effort.

Follow the Haas VF-19 Kevin Magnussen and Toro Rosso-HondaAlexander albon. The Anglo-Thai had a complicated start to the day since his first excursion on the track ended in the gravel trap due to a steering problem on his Toro Rosso. Albon was, however, able to leave and continue his program without incident, finishing with 132 laps under his belt.

Not quite how Alex Albon will have imagined the start of his F1 career

Shortly after the green light on day two, this happens #F1 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/148XJtc7eC

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For his start with the Alfa, Antonio Giovinazzi signs an honest 5th time and we have to wait until 6th place to find any trace of the first driver Mercedes, in this case Valtteri Bottas. The Finn shared the wheel of W10 with his five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, 10th this Tuesday.

Between the two representatives of the star slips the Red Bull-Honda Pierre Gasly and the two Renault drivers, Nico Hulkenberg before Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian was on the track in the morning but his run was interrupted by a broken rear wing.

Lose a chunk of your rear wing

Still avoid the barriers

Decent reactions, @danielricciardo #F1 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/TBzt5ehoDk

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Mishap also for his French replacement in Milton Keynes. With just over an hour to go before the checkered flag, Gasly spun at the exit of turn 11 and ended his race in the Tecpro barriers of the following curve.

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Day 2 of testing ends early for @PierreGASLY#F1Testing #F1 pic.twitter.com/p9ANwTa1uJ

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The Tuesday timesheet is completed by Lance stroll on the Mercedes-powered Racing Point 19, and Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas test driver. The Brazilian was due to ride from Wednesday but ultimately replaced Kevin Magnussen who was suffering from seat problems.

Finally, still no sign of the Williams FW42 this Tuesday. Normally, the car must not be delivered until early Wednesday morning and the Grove team does not plan to enter the scene before the lunch break. Pre-season testing will resume tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. You can always follow them by live commentary via our live-text.