Barcelona Test, Day 2

3rd & 7 37yd

Magnussen returns to the pits, having completed 101 laps. He's the first man to hit a century of laps this afternoon.

by Nate Saunders 2/28/2017 4:27:02 PM
Raikkonen looks likely to join Magnussen in that club shortly, too. He's just ticked over to lap 98.

by Nate Saunders 2/28/2017 4:28:51 PM
No more tokens. No more Ron Dennis. No more excuses. Senna must be rolling in his grave...

by miketd1 2/28/2017 4:29:24 PM
I'm sure if you ask Kimi about his day he will reply with BWOAH...

by Win 2/28/2017 4:29:36 PM
Probably.

by Nate Saunders 2/28/2017 4:29:43 PM
The Iceman is out on track with Verstappen, Ocon and Palmer.

by Nate Saunders 2/28/2017 4:30:06 PM
honda is funny

by Marko 2/28/2017 4:30:41 PM
Raikkonen has started his 100th lap. Edge of the seat stuff in the media centre.

by Nate Saunders 2/28/2017 4:31:42 PM
I'm sure Red Bull are sand bagging a lot here there's no way that's their true place in the pecking order

by Openthedrs 2/28/2017 4:32:22 PM
@Nate Tell us one truth or your predictions this year McLaren's chances to get into winning ways... Based on the current situations it looks like not possible for atleast two years.

by BelieveInHonda 2/28/2017 4:32:38 PM
I honestly hope Ferrari breaks the Mercedes monopoly. And I'm a McLaren fanboy.

by miketd1 2/28/2017 4:33:55 PM
If you tot up these lap advantages Mercedes is going to have like 1 1/2 days worth of extra lap data above what other teams have been managing at best over the 4 days

by Keith 2/28/2017 4:36:08 PM
@BelieveInHonda We can't know their performance right now for sure. We have to wait till Melbourne to see how they really are to getting back to winning ways. The car looks good aerodynamically it depends I think on how powerful it really is..

by Openthedrs 2/28/2017 4:36:17 PM
mclaren is lost for good!

by Marko 2/28/2017 4:36:22 PM
Nate, which car to you seems to have the tightest package? From the pictures, Merc seem to be pretty much size 0.

by Deadpool Guy 2/28/2017 4:37:30 PM
The Mercedes is very tight - Red Bull too.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:38:17 PM
@Openthedrs @believeinhonda It's not nearly as much a question about how powerful it is, and much more about how reliable it is and how easy it is to work with

by Sian 2/28/2017 4:38:32 PM
Too early to predict abt Ferrari.. they wer fast last year in testing.. but did not win... still feel for australian GP last year.. they lost... lets see wht they have got this year...if they can't win this year.. Seb will b gone for sure... That will b huge loss for them...Micheal always wanted Ferrari to sign Vettel...

by Simmar 2/28/2017 4:39:29 PM
@ Marko no way,.. that skill and resource doesn't just disappear. I remember Renault bringing a revolutionary new engine design that failed all the time until Alonso started to win with it. Honda and McLaren are mega companies... its only a matter of time.

by Win 2/28/2017 4:39:48 PM
How is there 11 cars?

by Openthedrs 2/28/2017 4:39:53 PM
@openthedrs, Hamilton went out this morning, Bottas in the afternoon. 10 cars, 11 drivers.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:40:23 PM
Well Renault did admit their pu wasn't going to be a world beater out of the gates but had good headroom for upgrades as the season went on.

by Keith 2/28/2017 4:40:33 PM
Ah two wild silver arrows xD

by Openthedrs 2/28/2017 4:41:14 PM
@Simmar but Vettel is no Schumacher... Michael was much more mature. Vettel is great but really poor when things don't go his way. I liked Schumi, how cold and calculated he could act. That would have him beat Senna in my opinion as well, but we will never know.

by Win 2/28/2017 4:43:03 PM
@Win: The only problem with that analogy is that the Honda engine is not revolutionary - they are following the Merc formula this year!

by D 2/28/2017 4:43:37 PM
Which one's your favourite?

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:45:51 PM
15 minutes left and Verstappen, Magnussen, Ocon, Kvyat, Bottas and Giovinazzi are on track at the moment.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:46:27 PM
Sooooo disappointing to see McLaren at the bottom

by TheGhoul 2/28/2017 4:46:30 PM
@D sure, but I am just saying success takes time. And the opposition is mighty... just looked at some older races... how many cars failed or crashed. Much easier to shock and surprise than nowadays. Great technological achievement...but hard to upset the established order.

by Win 2/28/2017 4:46:38 PM
Nobody is setting the timing screens alight at the moment, with the majority on longer runs and lapping in the 1:24s.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:47:38 PM
Verstappen comes back and the screens come out. It always seems odd that they bring the screens out and we can take photos from above, but it all adds to the drama.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:53:15 PM
Williams & McLaren at the bottom of the time sheet. Even though you cannot read anything from the test yet, this really hurts... I guess my nostalgia tells me I'm getting old!

by Ricky 2/28/2017 4:53:57 PM
@Laurence_Edmondson I'd call Magnussens 1:22.204 (less than an inch behind Verstappen) good

by Sian 2/28/2017 4:54:22 PM
@Sian Yep, pretty good, but remember the Ferrari and Mercedes have set times in the 1:20s.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:56:00 PM
Bottas heads out again. He's on course to clock up 100 laps in just one afternoon!

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:56:44 PM
@Ricky at least Williams is excused as they was stopped cold by incomplete reserve supply before they got started

by Sian 2/28/2017 4:57:25 PM
@Ricky Nice joke considering Lance Stroll is only 17

by Openthedrs 2/28/2017 4:57:34 PM
The most laps for a single driver is 116 for Magnussen. The Mercedes drivers combined have completed 165.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 4:58:52 PM
Am I late?

by Prof Pat Pending 2/28/2017 4:58:58 PM
And that's the end of the session. The chequered flag comes out as Bottas crosses the line for the 100th time.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 5:00:23 PM
Final times and a report coming your way.

by Laurence Edmondson 2/28/2017 5:00:45 PM

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