1 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1.07 1:19.042 78 2 Jenson Button Honda RA107 1:19.155 + 0.113 70 3 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren MP4-22 1:19.712 + 0.670 48 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari F2007 1:20.063 + 1.021 78 5 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault R27 1:20.366 + 1.324 67 6 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso STR2 1:20.615 + 1.573 101 7 Gary Paffett McLaren MP4-22 1:20.638 + 1.596 50 8 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing RB3 1:20.682 + 1.640 69 9 Marc Gene Ferrari F2007 1:20.832 + 1.790 67 10 Mike Conway Super Aguri F1 SA07 1:20.927 + 1.885 88 11 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso STR2 1:21.060 + 2.018 46 12 James Rossiter Super Aguri F1 SA07 1:21.246 + 2.204 75 13 Timo Glock Toyota TF107 1:21.336 + 2.294 69 14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India F8-VII 1:21.424 + 2.382 53 crash 15 Nico Hulkenberg Williams FW29 1:21.551 + 2.509 27 16 Franck Montagny Force India F8-VII 1:21.559 + 2.517 65 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams FW29 1:21.566 + 2.524 33 engine 18 Marko Asmer BMW Sauber F1.07 1:21.962 + 2.920 57 19 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota TF107 1:22.196 + 3.154 114 20 Javier Villa BMW Sauber F1.07 1:23.503 + 4.461 53
Yes, but: 6 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso STR2 1:20.615 + 1.573 101 11 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso STR2 1:21.060 + 2.018 46 Hmm. 14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India F8-VII 1:21.424 + 2.382 53 16 Franck Montagny Force India F8-VII 1:21.559 + 2.517 65 Fisico is safe. For now. 15 Nico Hulkenberg Williams FW29 1:21.551 + 2.509 27 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams FW29 1:21.566 + 2.524 33 engine WHOA!
That rookie Bourdais seems to have a basic understanding of his new ride...after getting thrown in the deep end. CH
Slick tyres made a long-anticipated return to Formula 1 as the final test of 2007 kicked off at Jerez on Tuesday and Nick Heidfeld and Jenson Button took advantage of their superior grip to top the times by a comfortable margin. Heidfeld posted a best time of 1m19.042s in his BMW Sauber, shading Buttons Honda by just over 0.1s. The Briton had set the morning benchmark as he was the first to try out the evaluation slick tyres Bridgestone has supplied for this weeks test. McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa was the fastest man on standard grooved tyres, some 0.66s adrift of Heidfeld. Kimi Raikkonen was fourth on his first day back in the Ferrari since he clinched the world championship at Interlagos in October.
I am glad to see Bourdais right up there - only two places behind and .552 behind the latest world champ. I hope for good things for Bourdais in his F1 racing. Good for Jenson also - I think with Ross on their team, they will definitely ones to watch. Carol
Where's Schumacher? I was under the impression that he was going to be back in the car testing this week.
Wednesday 5 December: Raikkonen and Massa Thursday 6 December: Schumacher and Massa Friday 7 December: Schumacher and Massa
+2,000,000 Bring back slicks, fat rear tires, wide tracks, and get rid of the aero appendages. Let's have proper-looking race cars again.
