Four day view of the second test in Jerez, Jenson Button ends up top with McLaren
With the weather in Spain still damp for most of the test and the teams request for a warmer location turned down everyone knuckled down to see what they could get done. Their efforts were rewarded near the end of the test with some dry running, with the dry days being right at the end of the test we can’t really compare the drivers as some of them never really got a dry track to drive on.
Team wise though we see that Jenson Button and McLaren take the top spot but that surprisingly Renault have come from nowhere to post the second fastest time of the whole test, I don’t know how consistent these times are but that’s fast for the Jerez tests, that must give some encouragement to them. Sauber still show in the top three confirming that they might be a good bet for some points this year.
Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari will be disappointed to end the test in positions 4,6 and 7 especially Ferrari given their pace at Valencia. Perhaps the Ferrari will be a street circuit car this year with a win for Alonso at Monaco? There’s a few more street circuits on the Calendar this year so it might not be a bad thing.
The new boys battle has been joined with Lotus and Virgin, Virgin still have their necks out in front with the CFD car but Lotus haven’t got as many miles done yet so we’ll have to wait to see if they can catch up.
The summary times:
1. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:18.871, 108 Laps
2. Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:19.114, 117 Laps
3. Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber, 1:19.188, 117 Laps
4. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:19.299, 115 Laps
5. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India, 1:19.650, 80 Laps
6. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:20.061, 130 Laps
7. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:20.115, 132 Laps
8. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:21.053, 139 Laps
9. Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, 1:21.432, 138 Laps
10. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:22.433, 28 Laps
11. Jarno Trulli, Lotus, 1:23.470, 141 Laps
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