Save for the odd off-track excursion, Formula 1 teams endured a remarkably quiet opening day of running at the Spanish GP in sunny Barcelona, but all that might well change on Saturday.

Here are our pictures from Friday’s action at the Circuit de Catalunya.

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Michael Delaney

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