In the third day of Formula 1 testing in Valencia, Spain McLaren new recruit Heikki Kovalainen set the best time of the day, beating his famous teammate Lewis Hamilton who ranked fourth.
Kovalainen was followed by the Ferrari duo of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.Rookie Kazuki Nakajima did a fine job at the wheel of the interim Williams, finishing the day ahead of two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso aboard the new Renault. His teammate Nico Rosberg was 7th at the wheel of the new, Toyota-powered FW30.The new Red Bull was struck by several mechanical woes that shortcut its test mileage.The Toyotas and the BMW Saubers were - again - surprisingly slow.Rubens Barrichello gave the new Honda RA108 its first outing on a test track. The Brazilian completed 31 laps but was unable to challenge the new cars ahead of him.Unofficial times (Timing done by the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team):
PosDriverConstructorTimeLaps 1Heikki KovalainenVodafone McLaren Mercedes*1m11.000922Felipe MassaFerrari*1m11.662813Kimi RaikkonenFerrari*1m11.8501084Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes*1m12.0761155Kazuki NakajimaWilliams1m12.255936Fernando AlonsoRenault*1m12.3601117Nico RosbergWilliams*1m12.4931178Mark WebberRed Bull Racing*1m12.594879Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber*1m12.9765110Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso1m13.0156311Timo GlockToyota*1m13.1299512Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1m13.23012113Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso1m13.30711814Adrian SutilForce India1m13.4099815Jarno TrulliToyota*1m13.5479616Rubens BarrichelloHonda Racing*1m14.5883617Takashi KogureHonda Racing 1m16.76150*2008 car
photo: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes