Spaniard Fernando Alonso set the fastest time of the day Wednesday as Formula 1 pre-season testing resumed at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.
Driving the new Ferrari F150, Alonso covered more than 100 laps and set a best lap of 1:13.307, some four tenths of a second faster than the time set yesterday by Sebastian Vettel in the new Red Bull RB7 (1:13.769).
Reigning World Champion Vettel finished his day of work in second place. The team continued testing its all-new RB7 and completed further system checks, as well as focusing on some aerodynamic development work.
Head of Race Engineering at Red Bull Racing, Ian Morgan said: “Sebastian (Vettel) pretty much ran to schedule this morning; there were a few minor delays, but nothing significant. Unfortunately we lost some time changing drivers this afternoon due to some driver installation issues. Once Mark’s (Webber) testing session got underway, he was able to complete two runs and begin acclimatising to the new car.”
Paul di Resta set the third fastest time in the 2010 Force India, followed by Lewis Hamilton in the 2010 McLaren and Robert Kubica in the new Lotus Renault R31.
Most teams gathered more information on the performance of the three Pirelli tire compounds available this week.
Nico Rosberg was 6th in the Mercedes W02 running with the KERS system operational for the first time.
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| Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull (Photos: WRI2) |
Driving the new Ferrari F150, Alonso covered more than 100 laps and set a best lap of 1:13.307, some four tenths of a second faster than the time set yesterday by Sebastian Vettel in the new Red Bull RB7 (1:13.769).
Reigning World Champion Vettel finished his day of work in second place. The team continued testing its all-new RB7 and completed further system checks, as well as focusing on some aerodynamic development work.
Head of Race Engineering at Red Bull Racing, Ian Morgan said: “Sebastian (Vettel) pretty much ran to schedule this morning; there were a few minor delays, but nothing significant. Unfortunately we lost some time changing drivers this afternoon due to some driver installation issues. Once Mark’s (Webber) testing session got underway, he was able to complete two runs and begin acclimatising to the new car.”
Paul di Resta set the third fastest time in the 2010 Force India, followed by Lewis Hamilton in the 2010 McLaren and Robert Kubica in the new Lotus Renault R31.
Most teams gathered more information on the performance of the three Pirelli tire compounds available this week.
Nico Rosberg was 6th in the Mercedes W02 running with the KERS system operational for the first time.
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| Gary Paffett, McLaren 2010 (Photos: WRI2) |