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F1: Mark Webber vaults to 1st place in testing

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Khatir Soltani
Red Bull Racing driver, Australian Mark Webber put the RB4-Renault on top of the timesheets in Jerez, Spain when he led the way on the third day of this week's test at the test track.

The Australian edged out Nelson Piquet's Renault by just more than two tenths of a second. Both drivers used slick tyres to set their best times.

Kimi Raikkonen was third fastest for Ferrari, on grooved rubber. Vitantonio Liuzzi completed another successful day of running with Force India's seamless shift gearbox to set the fourth quickest time on slicks, although his strong lap time performance was the result of him running 2008 levels of downforce.

Timo Glock was back in the cockpit of the Toyota F1 car, his first time since he crashed hard in Hockenheim during the German Grand Prix.

Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m19.176 85
2 Nelson Piquet Renault 1m19.334 95
3 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari 1m19.434 84
4 Tonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1m19.544 86
5 Pedro de la Rosa Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m19.850 39
6 Sebastian Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m20.029 77
7 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1m20.097 88
8 Timo Glock Toyota 1m20.421 78
9 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing 1m20.614 68
10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m20.896 97

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Khatir Soltani
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