McLaren leads mileage on day two as Mercedes pays the price for morning issues

Lando Norris was the most active driver on track at the end of day two of the Barcelona test.

The reigning world champion topped the mileage charts with 149 laps, edging out Charles Leclerc, who completed 139 after spending the entire day in the car. Oliver Bearman also enjoyed a productive outing with 130 laps, underlining a strong day of running at the front of the field in terms of sheer track time.

Just behind, Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly both logged heavy mileage with 98 and 97 laps respectively, with the Frenchman suffered a technical issue that cost him the final two hours of running.

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Isack Hadjar (87) and Arvid Lindblad (83) also racked up solid totals after Red Bull suffered earlier disruptions overnight. Carlos Sainz and Gabriel Bortoleto followed with 69 and 67 laps.

Further down the order, Alexander Albon finished on 62 laps, ahead of George Russell (54), Liam Lawson (50) and Nico Hulkenberg (47). Sergio Perez managed 42 laps, while Valtteri Bottas was limited to 27. Kimi Antonelli completed just three laps after Mercedes ran into problems during the morning session.

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The Ferrari driver spent the full day in the SF-26 and held on to the pace he had set earlier, his 1:34.273 from the morning remaining unbeaten and standing as the fastest time across the first two days of running.

Norris followed in second, reinforcing McLaren’s encouraging one-lap form after leading the timesheets on day one, with the reigning world champion finishing the day half a second off Leclerc’s benchmark.

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