BARCELONA, February 26 -- McLaren started the second week of Formula One's pre-season testing with the fastest time, after Lando Norris set a 1:17.709 in the final hour of the afternoon session. The time was 0.4s shy of the best lap from last week's test and put McLaren at the top of the timesheets for the first time this year. It coincided with McLaren's former driver Fernando Alonso visiting the paddock for the first time since he walked away from F1 last year. Norris set the time on the C4 tyre -- the second softest compound in Pirelli's range -- compared to the C5 used for the fastest Nico Hulkenberg's fastest time last week. The lap moved Norris 0.006s ahead of Red Bull's Pierre Gasly, although the RB15 set its time on the harder C3 tyres. "We pushed a little more today, but really it's all about understanding how the car works," Gasly said. "The pace was good, but we just have to focus on ourselves and work through the programme we've defined for each day. "So far it's been positive; we've managed to get through our plan and we've gained a lot of mileage. The potential is there so we'll just try to improve in the areas we can, keep our heads down and keep working." Shortly after setting the time, Norris stopped on track between Turns 2 and 3, resulting in the third red flag of the day. One of the earlier red flags was also caused by Norris when his car lost hydraulic pressure at Turn 3 and the other was caused by Valtteri Bottas' Mercedes stopping on track with a loss of oil pressure, which resulted in a lengthily engine change and limited the Finn to just a handful in the afternoon. It was another underwhelming day for Mercedes despite a new aerodynamic package arriving at the track on Tuesday morning. The updates feature changes to the nose, front wing, barge boards and sidepods that the team hopes will close the gap to Ferrari from the first week. Lewis Hamilton completed 80 laps in the morning without issue but the problem in the afternoon occurred on Bottas' second lap out of the pits and cost him somewhere in the region of 70 laps of running. He went on to complete seven laps in total, including a 1:20.167, which moved him ahead of Hamilton and up to 11th overall. 1. Norris, McLaren, 1:17.709, 80 laps (C4) 2. Gasly, Red Bull, 1:17.715, 136 laps (C3) 3. Stroll, Racing Point, 1:17.824, 82 laps (C5) 4. Vettel, Ferrari, 1:17.925, 81 laps (C3) 5. Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo, 1:18.589, 99 laps (C4) 6. Albon, Toro Rosso, 1:18.649, 103 laps (C4) 7. Leclerc, Ferrari, 1:18.651, 29 laps (C3) 8. Magnussen, Haas, 1:18.769, 131 laps (C4) 9. Russell, Williams, 1:19.662, 119 laps (C5) 10. Ricciardo, Renault, 1:20.107, 77 laps (C3) 11. Bottas, Mercedes, 1:20.167, 7 laps (C2) 12. Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:20.332, 83 laps (C2) 13. Hulkenberg, Renault, 1:20.348, 80 laps (C3) (Tyre compounds in brackets C1-C5, hardest to softest)
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