Second Jerez Testing - 17-20 February (timing/updates)

The penultimate test session begins on Wednesday and runs thru Saturday again at Jerez. The initial wx outlook is not very promising (again). Wednesday - showers; Thursday - T-Stoms; Friday - showers; Saturday - showers. Lewis is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday; Button for Friday and Saturday. I think it will be interesting to watch Virgin's pace at this test for improvement. Absentees will be usf1 and Campos. Teams should be announcing their projected line-ups soon.

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Carol

 

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AUTOSPORT understands that the teams looked into the possibility of relocating the test to Portimao or Barcelona, but abandoned the idea because of the logistical challenges involved.

Lotus is due to test for the first time this week, while fellow new team Virgin is eager for more dry mileage after its running was limited last week due a problem with its front wing mounting.

The test begins at Jerez on Wednesday.

Carol

 

Lotus reserve driver Fairuz Fauzy will be the first to drive as the 1Malaysia team makes its official testing debut at Jerez on Wednesday. Malaysian Fauzy's test will be his first official F1 session since driving with Spyker in 2007, although the 27-year-old did conduct Lotus' shakedown run at Silverstone last Tuesday.

Heikki Kovalainen on Thursday and Friday and Jarno Trulli brings the session to a close on Saturday.

Carol

 

here's the complete driver line-up - starts tomorrow ! !

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81531

 

Hi Kyle,

It should be the first time - here's a great link with the prior tests/times/etc and don't forget that autosport has live timing and live commentary during the tests.

Carol

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/

 

looks like Vettel is on top the times and the track is drying!!

1 Vettel Red Bull 1m22.639s
2 Massa Ferrari 1m23.204s +0.565
3 Buemi Toro Rosso 1m23.322s +0.683
4 Hamilton McLaren 1m24.367s +1.728
5 Schumacher Mercedes 1m24.532s +1.893
6 Di Resta Force India 1m25.088s +2.449
7 Petrov Renault 1m26.321s +3.682
8 De la Rosa Sauber 1m27.825s +5.186
9 Barrichello Williams 1m28.256s +5.617
10 Fauzy Lotus 1m31.848s +9.209
11 Glock Virgin 1m34.453s +11.814

 

session about over and interesting photo on autosport of Felipe's car with bags covering the rear wing and diffuser - Petrov running today so I would surmise that the funding issue of last week has some resolve?

Carol

(beautiful day, off to the gym and other adventures for today)

 

Heikki destroys the front wing of the car and session over for the remainder of the day - Lotus with hydraulic issues. According to Ferrari, wind is an issue today.

Hopefully next year they'll test at Portimao in lieu of Jerez.

Carol

 

Ferrari and Williams doing race prep work for Bahrain this afternoon.

Carol

Session over

Lotus will be changing an engine before tomorrow's run.

1 Barrichello Williams 1m27.577s
2 Petrov Renault 1m27.828s +0.251
3 Vettel Red Bull 1m28.162s +0.585
4 Rosberg Mercedes 1m28.515s +0.938
5 Massa Ferrari 1m28.879s +1.302
6 De la Rosa Sauber 1m29.691s +2.114
7 Di Resta Force India 1m30.344s +2.767
8 Glock Virgin 1m30.476s +2.899
9 Liuzzi Force India 1m30.666s +3.089
10 Hamilton McLaren 1m31.633s +4.056
11 Buemi Toro Rosso 1m32.678s +5.101
12 Kovalainen Lotus 1m33.554s +5.977