This week’s testing is almost over – that is if you count Virgin Racings shakedown at Silverstone a test, otherwise it was over on Wednesday. We got our taste of most of the big names in Valencia with Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and more having a day at least each.
The last day of the Valencia test finished with Ferrari remaining on top and Sauber rooted in second place. Fernando Alonso had his first taste of a Ferrari today and didn’t disappoint the thousands of fans that turned up at the Spanish circuit by completing over 100 laps and posting the fastest time of the test.
Sauber also continued to impress by running second for the third day with Pedro de la Rosa confirming that their pace is as real as can be seen at this time of year, and that the other teams have some work to do. Jenson Button had a much more low key start to his McLaren career only posting the fifth fastest time and slower than Lewis Hamilton’s time yesterday.
The two rookies on track today sit at the bottom of the times with Hulkenberg someway off the pace. But at least they both got some miles [...]
Mercedes finally took the wraps of their first works car for years at the start of the Valencia test. It sports the colour scheme that was on the car for the team launch but was unveiled to much less fanfare at the test and has already completed it’s first shake down.
The testing duties on the first day fall to both Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher though Rosberg drove the car initially. I guess getting an up to date driver to take the car out first makes sense though it surprises me that Schumacher wasn’t behind the wheel – perhaps things are more equal at Mercedes than we give them credit for.
With only Red Bull absent from the test we should see some comparative times even if they don’t mean a lot, we’ll see if some are really struggling with the new cars at least, remember the Brawn always looked quick [...]
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