Jerez Testing: Day 3 round-up
Pedro de la Rosa finished the week on a high setting the quickest time on the final day of testing at Jerez. The McLaren test driver was the only man to managed a time under 1 minute 19 seconds.
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Testing: Day 3 round-up
Sebastian Vettel, winner of last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, has continued his run of good form by topping the timesheet on the third day of testing at Jerez this week. His quickest time was 1:18.001, set in a Red Bull Racing car. The German driver completed just 37 laps before the team had to carry out an unexpected engine change.
Jerez Testing: Day 2 round-up
Eight teams took to the Jerez circuit on the second day of testing this week. Christian Klien was the quickest man of the day in the BMW Sauber with a time of 1:19.537. Sebastian Vettel wasn’t far behind with a quickest lap of 1:19.873 in his first test for Red Bull and despite having some gear box issues. Robert Kubica was set to take over for BMW on Thursday however an infected tooth means that Nick Heidfeld will test for the remaining two days instead.
Jerez Testing: Day 1 round-up
Having been given the green light by FIA official Charlie Whiting after several modifications had been made to the circuit, three teams kicked off the final testing session of 2008 at Jerez, Spain yesterday.
Just BMW Sauber, Williams and Honda were present on Tuesday although everyone else is expected out on track on Wednesday.
Vettel continues to fly at Jerez testing
Vettel remains the man to beat in Jerez testing as the Toro Rosso driver topped the timesheet for the second day in a row. Vettel was the only man to post a time under 1 minute 19, with a quickest lap of 1:18.843.
Vettel flies on first day of testing
On the first day of testing at Jerez, Sebastien Vettel was the man to beat as he topped the timesheets with a 1:19.844. McLaren test driver Gary Paffett was the second quickest man of the day, closely followed by Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer.
Massa tops the final day of Hockenheim testing
Massa ended McLaren’s domination of this week’s testing at Hockenheim by finishing with the quickest time of the day on Thursday. He was the only man to put in a time under 1 minute 15 seconds. Jenson Button was the surprise of the day – the Brit finished with the second quickest time of the day, just a few tenths behind Massa.
