Valencia Wednesday.......

From the BBC

1105am: Alonso is now up to second as he sets a time of 1:14.111. Here's a timing update: Vettel (1:13.614), Alonso (1:14.111), Di Resta (1:14.199), Hamilton (1:14.701), Kubica (1:14.832), Rosberg (1:15.973), Alguersuari (1:16.474), Perez (1:17.019), Glock (1:17.228), Barrichello (1:17.344) and Karthikeyan (1:18.974).

 

1120: It's a bit quiet on the track at the moment, only the Hispania of Karthikeyan and the Toro Rosso of Alguersuari out there at the moment. Rosberg improves to a 1:15.383 but it still sixth fastest behind Kubica. Still trying to search for a photo of the new Lotus out on the track that we can use but nothing has dropped as yet. As soon as it does, I'll put it up.

 

1219: ... and Vettel's time is beaten, Fernando Alonso sets a 1:13.469 to go fastest by 0.145 seconds. That's the quickest time of the test so far.

 

Yehaa!

Forza Fernando!

 

Reliable and fast so far. Not a bad combo. I know its early though!!!

 

1449: Problems for Team Lotus, on this, their first day of testing. Team Lotus technical chief Mike Gascoyne Tweets: "Testing finished for today due to power steering problem. Need to get it back to the UK and fixed and rebuilt overnight ready for morning."

1446: I haven't done this in a while so here's a run down of the times: Alonso (1:13.307), Vettel (1:13.614), Di Resta (1:13.844), Kubica (1:14.412), Hamilton (1:14.701), Rosberg (1:15.383), Glock (1:15.408), Barrichello (1:16.023), Perez (1:16.198), Alguersuari (1:16.474), Buemi (1:17.471), Karthikeyan (1:17.769), Kovalainen (1:20.649), Maldonado (1:21.160).

 

Thanks for the updates.

 

Looks as if a few teams are having nasty issues with the front tires now. Ferrari was the first to say anything but now twitter action has Red Bull mentioning it as well.

 

Im glad to do this. So nice to see the teams back at work!

 

Final times, day two:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Alonso Ferrari 1m13.307s 108
2. Vettel Red Bull Renault 1m13.614s +0.307 43
3. Di Resta Force India Mercedes 1m13.844s +0.537 111 *
4. Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 1m14.353s +1.046 83 *
5. Kubica Renault 1m14.412s +1.105 104
6. Karthikeyan HRT Cosworth 1m14.472s +1.165 80 *
7. Rosberg Mercedes 1m14.645s +1.338 69
8. Glock Virgin Cosworth 1m15.408s +2.101 34 *
9. Barrichello Williams Cosworth 1m16.023s +2.716 51
10. Perez Sauber Ferrari 1m16.198s +2.891 42
11. Maldonado Williams Cosworth 1m16.266s +2.959 29
12. Buemi Toro Rosso Ferrari 1m16.359s +3.052 46
13. Alguersuari Toro Rosso Ferrari 1m16.474s +3.167 64
14. Webber Red Bull Renault 1m17.365s +4.058 17
15. Kovalainen Lotus Renault 1m20.649s +7.342 15

* 2010 car