Barcelona Tests 2018

18h

We will leave for today. Thank you all for following us, see you on this same page tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. for the start of the second day of testing!

17h

The first day of testing ends in showers. No driver improved his time during the last hour. This afternoon will therefore not have allowed Daniel Ricciardo's opponents to dislodge him from first place on the time table.

17h

It's raining so much that Fernando Alonso uses rain tires:

17h

It's raining for good on the Spanish circuit! Half an hour from the end of this day, will the teams change the car settings to venture on wet roads?

16h

Romain Grosjean leaves the garage, but only for one lap, warns his Haas team:

16h

Carlos Sainz Jr warms up the spectators in the stands by starting a relay. The Spaniard got the 6th time of the day, in 1'22″428.

16h

Some photos of the Alfa Romeo Sauber C37 in the hands of Marcus Ericsson:

16h

It's very, very quiet at the moment. Kimi Räikkönen completed a few laps like Sergey Sirotkin, but they returned to the pits to warm up.

15h

Until 2007, F1 cars went hard through the last two corners; an old track that Fernando Alonso knew well. Unfortunately, it's not certain that this round will be counted...

15h

Sergey Sirotkin cautiously recorded his first full lap of the day in 1'44″148.

15h

After an hour and a half of testing this afternoon, only three drivers improved their times compared to this morning:

Fernando Alonso (5th in 1’21″339)

Romain Grosjean (8th in 1’22″578)

Marcus Ericsson (11th in 1’23″408)

15h

Our reporter is currently collecting the words of Christian Horner, the Director of Red Bull in the Barcelona paddock. The F1 guide will be available tomorrow evening in digital version and Thursday March 1st on newsstands:

15h

Lewis Hamilton moved up to 6th place in the afternoon with a time of 1'22″327.

15h

While Fernando Alonso continues to run on the Barcelona circuit (without improving his best time), here is some bonus information: the sponsor Kimoa is a ready-to-wear brand, created by… Fernando Alonso.

15h

The V6 Turbo Honda engine runs like clockwork, the proof: Brendon Hartley has completed 88 laps, current series.

15h

Carlos Sainz Jr took the wheel of Nico Hülkenberg for the second session of the day. The Spaniard is not in the hunt for the best time, since he concedes 13 seconds on the leader Ricciardo:

14h

The temperature has increased significantly since 9 a.m. this morning:

14h

Fernando Alonso slightly improves his time with super soft tires (5th in 1'21″339); he even achieves the best last sector of the day so far.

14h

There are only four cars on the track: the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo, the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, the Toro Rosso of Brendon Hartley and the McLaren of Fernando Alonso.

14h

The four-time British world champion is back:

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