Fog and rain may have greeted the drivers at the Circuit de Catalunya but at least it was better than Wednesday’s snow, allowing for plenty of action on Thursday.

Let the games begin…

Little install fun to start the day. Just to see how it all is out there… #RSspirit#F1Testingpic.twitter.com/kfybzXKZQg

— Renault Sport F1 (@RenaultSportF1) March 1, 2018

Stoffel Vandoorne posted the first lap time of the morning, and it was 18 seconds quicker than Fernando Alonso’s best from Day Three.

The drivers, including Sergey Sirotkin, covered as many laps in the first 22 minutes as they did the whole of Wednesday.