“Having had more time working with the car, we have been able to start changing the set up to match the tires better, which is giving us some useful directions for the next test,” said Key.
“ We have also been using different tire compounds for the first time and the super soft is very fast on the first lap, but degrades quickly. Meanwhile the medium compound is faster than we thought over the first lap, but certainly more consistent.”
Jarno Trulli did not set a lap time due to the lack of power steering on the new Lotus T128. Under those circumstances, Trulli completed 38 laps, concentrating on checking systems out.
While the trucks now travel south to Jerez de la Frontera, the engineers have a few days to analyse data and prepare a programme for the next four-day test session which gets underway on Thursday February 10.
Day 3 of pre-season testing*, Valencia, Spain:
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Robert Kubica Renault 1m13.144s 95 laps
2. Adrian Sutil Force India Mercedes 2010 1m13.201s +0.057 117
3. Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes 2010 1m13.553s +0.409 105
4. Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 1m13.936s +0.792 105
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m14.017s +0.873 80
6. Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 2010 1m14.207s +1.063 114
7. Pastor Maldonado Williams Cosworth 1m14.299s +1.155 101
8. Sergio Perez Sauber Ferrari 1m14.469s +1.325 104
9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m14.537s +1.393 110
10. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso Ferrari 1m14.801s +1.657 73
11. Narain Karthikeyan HRT Cosworth 2010 1m16.535s +3.391 63
12. Jarno Trulli Lotus Renault no time 38
*Unofficial timing
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| Photo: WRI2 |
“ We have also been using different tire compounds for the first time and the super soft is very fast on the first lap, but degrades quickly. Meanwhile the medium compound is faster than we thought over the first lap, but certainly more consistent.”
Jarno Trulli did not set a lap time due to the lack of power steering on the new Lotus T128. Under those circumstances, Trulli completed 38 laps, concentrating on checking systems out.
While the trucks now travel south to Jerez de la Frontera, the engineers have a few days to analyse data and prepare a programme for the next four-day test session which gets underway on Thursday February 10.
Day 3 of pre-season testing*, Valencia, Spain:
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Robert Kubica Renault 1m13.144s 95 laps
2. Adrian Sutil Force India Mercedes 2010 1m13.201s +0.057 117
3. Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes 2010 1m13.553s +0.409 105
4. Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 1m13.936s +0.792 105
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m14.017s +0.873 80
6. Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 2010 1m14.207s +1.063 114
7. Pastor Maldonado Williams Cosworth 1m14.299s +1.155 101
8. Sergio Perez Sauber Ferrari 1m14.469s +1.325 104
9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m14.537s +1.393 110
10. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso Ferrari 1m14.801s +1.657 73
11. Narain Karthikeyan HRT Cosworth 2010 1m16.535s +3.391 63
12. Jarno Trulli Lotus Renault no time 38
*Unofficial timing
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| Photo: WRI2 |