Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Jerez F1 Test Day 1

Jerez,  Day 1 - F1 Testing 2010, 10th February, 2010



UPDATES:

15:10h Still rain soaked track. Hopefully it wont be like this all week. Here are some exmaple times by Alonso. Conditions arent stable so its hard to tell anything.

  • 1:35.631
  • 1:33.180
  • 1:32.098
  • 1:32.076
  • 1:32.335
  • 1:32.917
  • 1:33.239
  • 1:33.923
  • 1:35.874
  • 1:36.365
  • 1:41.255
13:20h Nothing to report bar Glock does an installation lap in the Virgin car.

12:20h RED FLAG - Mark Webber stops on track in the new Red Bull Racing.

11:55h Virgin Racing F1 look set to do an installation lap, which will be a first chance to see their new car for real on the track... in the rain.

11:40h Button and Webber lapping in 1:31s. Rain is getting worse. We will update when (if) times start to fall.

11:37h  Current best times
1  Rosberg    Mercedes    1m20.927s
2  Buemi      Toro Rosso  1m21.031s 
3  Hulkenberg Williams    1m22.243s
4  Alonso     Ferrari     1m22.895s
5  Kobayashi  Sauber      1m23.787s 
6  Button     McLaren     1m24.947s 
7  Liuzzi     Force India 1m24.968s 
8  Petrov     Renault     1m25.440s 
9  Webber     Red Bull    1m26.502s  

11:35h Not much to talk about due to rain rain and more rain in Jerez.
Here are the pics of the latest Red Bull Racing car for 2010. Its debut has been marred by rain.
http://www.motor21.com/noticia.asp?dt=315&nt=79723
Hulkenberg is the most active driver of the morning so far, completing 37 laps in the opening two and a half hours. Webber and Rosberg are next with 25 and 20 respectively. We will update more if it becomes drier.

Todays Drivers are :
  • Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
  • V. Liuzzi (Force India)
  • K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber)
  • S. Buemi (Toro Rosso)
  • M. Webber (Red Bull)
  • T. Glock (Virgin GP)
  • N. Hulkenberg (Williams)
  • J. Button (McLaren)
  • V. Petrov (Renault)
  • N. Rosberg (Mercedes GP)