F1: Felipe Massa goes fastest in Day 1 of Jerez testing (+photos)Formula 1's second winter test got underway Thursday morning at the Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain as preparations continue for the start of the new season.
So far, the weather in Jerez has been warm and sunny with a temperature of 19 degrees.
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa set in the morning a time of 1.20.709 that proved to be unbeatable, even in the second part of the day. Driving the Ferrari F150th Italia, Massa completed 101 laps of the 4.428km track. Mexican Sergio Perez set the second fastest time behind the wheel of the Sauber C30-Ferrari. The Swiss team concentrated on set-up and worked on the braking system and also planned to run out of fuel, which was why the car stopped out on the track. In the afternoon, Sauber carried out back-to-back comparisons to learn more about the mechanical set up of the car.
Mark Webber was third in the Red Bull-Renault RB7, finishing the day just in front of rookie Daniel Ricciardo who drove the Toro Rosso-Ferrari today. The team put in a lot of work at the factory, making changes to the STR6 based on data acquired in Valencia and the first day in Jerez would suggest that those changes have delivered signs of progress. Lewis Hamilton was fifth in the McLaren MP4-26. In the morning, the British team focused on short runs to enable Lewis and the engineers to run through a number of systems checks and make small set-up and tire-compound changes in order to gauge the car’s reaction to adjustments. In the latter part of the day, the team ran the new hybrid system for the first time.
As we can see for the photography, team McLaren performed some aero work with a fully instrumented floor to understand how the diffuser is working. Then followed in order Jamie Alguersuari (Toro Rosso-Ferrari), Adrian Sutil (who give the new Force India-Mercedes VJM04 its first-ever laps), Vitaly Petrov (Lotus Renault GP), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes GP) and Jarno Trulli (Team Lotus-Renault).
Pastor Maldonado was 12th and slowest of all. After the installation lap, the team had a problem with a bleed screw for the rear wing hydraulic actuator. It was straightforward to correct, however during the day it caused a lot of downtime as the team shuffled parts around to get the car out on the track. Day 1, winter testing, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain – Thursday Feb. 10 Pos Driver Constructor Time* Laps 1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m20.709 101 laps 2 Sergio Perez Sauber 1m21.483 95 3 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m21.522 94 4 Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m21.755 37 5 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m21.914 58 6 Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m22.689 42 7 Adrian Sutil Force India F1 1m23.472 28 8 Vitaly Petrov Lotus-Renault 1m23.504 57 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1m23.963 68 10 Jarno Trulli Team Lotus 1m24.458 53 11 Timo Glock Virgin Racing 1m25.086 42 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1m34.968 14 *Unofficial timing
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