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Well then, he's back... Felipe Massa recorded the quickest time in Day 1 of Week 2 of Formula One testing in Barcelona today. He also tied Sebastian Vettel with 168 laps, the most ran today. Lewis Hamilton admitted the Scuderia Ferrari of Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen may have the advantage as they have both have shown speed. McLaren on the other hand... yeah. McLaren Honda was running 7th quickest at the break behinf Toro Rosso with rookie Stoffel Vandoorne, but when the lunch break came, the team found an electrical probelm, and Honda confirmed they had to change the engine, again. Pascal Wehrlein is back for the first time since his RoC crash in Florida over the winter. 

Formula One Testing 2017: Barcelona, Spain. Day 1, Week 2.

Times: Position, driver, team in (), time, tyre that set it

1) Felipe Massa (Williams-Martini) 1:19.726 - supersoft

2) Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:19.900 - ultrasoft

3) Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari) 1:19.906 - soft

4) Lewis Hamilton - (Mercedes AMG Petronas) - 1:20.456 - soft - only took morning session

5) Valtteri Bottas - (Mercedes AMG Petronas) - 1:20.924 - soft

6) Esteban Ocon - (Sahara Force India) - 1:21.347 - supersoft

7) Nico Hulkenberg - (Renault) - 1:21.589 - soft

Kevin Magnussen - (Haas F!) - 1:21.676 - soft

9) Daniil Kvyat - (Red Bull Toro Rosso) - 1:21.743 - soft

10) Stoffel Vandoorne - (McLaren Honda) - 1:22.537 - soft

11) Pascal Wehrlein - (Sauber) - 1:23.336 - soft - only took morning session

12) Marcus Ericsson - (Sauber) - 1:23.630 - soft

14) Jolyon Palmer - (Renault) - 1:24.790 - soft - only took morning session

Laps Completed: Driver, team in (), laps completed

Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari); Felipe Massa (Williams-Martini) - 168

Esteban Ocon (Sahara Force India) - 142

Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) - 89

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes AMG Petronas) - 86

Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull Toro Rosso) - 83

Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1) - 81

Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren Honda) -80

Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) - 57

Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) - 53

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG Petronas) - 49

Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber) - 47

Jolyon Palmer (Renault) - 15

That's it from Spain, see you tomorrow for day 2!