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F1: Final test sessions of the 2008 season

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Khatir Soltani
Several Formula 1 teams are in action this week for the final test sessions of the 2008 season.

Teams Red Bull-Renault, BMW-Sauber and Williams-Toyota are at Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain, while teams McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari sent one car each to the new Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.

Swiss driver Sébastien Buemi left the cockpit of the Toro Rosso in favour of the Red Bull-Renault car. He again set the fastest time of the day in Jerez.

Jerez de la Frontera

Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1. Buemi Red Bull-Renault (B) 1.17.704 71
2. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1.19.223 75
3. Hartley Red Bull-Renault (B) 1.19.586 95
4. Klien BMW-Sauber (B) 1.19.655 95
5. Hulkenberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1.20.704 100

Autodromo Internacional do Algarve

1 Gary Paffett McLaren Mercedes 1.31.788 63
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1.32.926 36

All timing unofficial
photo:Jasper Juinen/Getty Images
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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