The fourth day in Jerez with Lewis Hamilton and McLaren the stars
The fourth day of the F1 pre season testing in Jerez has finished with Lewis Hamilton and McLaren top of the timesheets. The damp but not wet conditions held for the day as most of the teams got the chance to put in some proper dry runs at the Spainish circuit and therefore some more comparable times.
Mercedes had ups and downs though with stopping on track it wasn’t the best day for them even if they did manage to claim fifth spot in the timings. They seem to be showing strong form overall and that must give Michael Schumacher confidence that hes going to have a capable car come the first race of the season.
Williams also had a strong day finishing with third spot in the timings, Rubens Barrichello seems to have the edge on the young Nico Hulkenberg already which is good for him, it’d be great for them to have a competitative car this season. Force India also put in a strong performance to claim second place in the timings with Adrian Sutil.
Virgin have finally got on the pace of the other teams, well they got off the bottom of the timesheets and they are with a few seconds of the leaders now, that is great news for them and does put a marker down for all the other new teams to beat.
Times in full:
1. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:19.583, 113 Laps
2. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:20.180, 84 Laps
3. Rubens Barrichello, Williams, 1:20.341, 90 Laps
4. Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:20.358, 86 Laps
5. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, 1:20.613, 84 Laps
6. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:21.203, 90 Laps
7. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:21.486, 160 Laps
8. Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber, 1:22.134, 105 Laps
9. Lucas di Grassi, Virgin, 1:22.912, 63 Laps
10. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:24.072, 98 Laps
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