What to look forward to in Jerez today

With the second F1 pre-season test underway and the initial times in today is the day that the formula1 teams have to knuckle down and get some work down. It seems like all but Mercedes, Toro Rosso and Williams will have been disappointed about yesterday.
With the weather set to continue as it is, raining and therefore wet it seems that we may not see much from the teams over the next few days. What I’d like to see from today’s test:

McLaren or Ferrari putting in some better times to ensure that the Mercedes doesn’t dominate,
Virgin being on the back of the pack not some outrageous margin behind,
Sauber picking up the pace again to show that it wasn’t a one off,
Red Bull moving off the bottom rung.

I’m not sure that any of these things will happen but it’ll be good for the seasons interest levels if they do. If Virgin [...]

Testing times in Jerez, they really are…

Todays test in Jerez involved all of the current F1 teams along with the first new team to show it’s colours – Virgin Racing. With last weeks test throwing up some surprises we’d expect this weeks one to be even more exciting.
The test didn’t disappoint – apart from the weather – there’s not that much comparison to do between the times as all the cars would have been trying out different setups and tyres to see where the wet/inter cut off is but seeing a Mercedes with Nico Rosberg firmly at the top might be a little ominous. Fernando Alonso would have been disappointed not to be faster and Sauber with Kamui Kobayashi stayed just below the Ferrari it’s just that time that meant fifth place.
McLaren and Jenson Button still don’t seem to be able to get it together with the sixth fastest time but Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) and [...]