Just five drivers took to the Valencia track on a damp and dull Monday. Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajma topped the test times despite a spin early in the morning. Alex Wurz was second quickest in his FW29, with a gap before Spyker’s Giedo van der Garde and Adrian Valles, who both qualified for their Super License.

Adrian Sutil performed his ’shakedown’ in the second F8-VII.

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