2010 Formula 1 Pre-season testing

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Just 20 minutes into the session and we have the first red flag! It is the Lotus of Fauzy!

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The Lotus has been recovered and the session resumes

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So far only Fauzy has a competitive time set and that is a 1:31.532

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Now it is Rosberg who is fastest with a 1:25.311

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For reference the fastest time in Barcelona during testing last year was a 1:18.926 by Rubens Barrichello in the Brawn GP (Test records)

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Fastest times after the first hour:

Driver - Team - Best Lap time
Roserg - Mercedes - 1:24.311
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:24.385
Alguersuari - Toro Rosso - 1:24.968
Button - McLaren - 1:25.536
Liuzzi - Force India - 1:26.021
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:26.401
di Grassi - Virgin - 1:30.168
Fauzy - Lotus - 1:31.532
Hulkenburg - Williams - 1:37.821

Petrov and Webber yet to set times

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Rosberg improved his time but Webber goes fastest overall with a 1:23.512

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Webber improves with a 1:23.335

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Second red flag of the day and it seems the cause is a stopped Ferrari

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Session resumes

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Fastest times after the second hour:

Driver - Team - Best Lap time
Webber - Red Bull - 1:23.335
Roserg - Mercedes - 1:23.709
de la Rosa - Sauber - 1:23.783
Alguersuari - Toro Rosso - 1:24.968
Button - McLaren - 1:25.536
Liuzzi - Force India - 1:26.021
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:26.401
Hulkenburg - Williams - 1:27.904
Petrov - Renault - 1:29.513
di Grassi - Virgin - 1:30.168
Fauzy - Lotus - 1:31.532

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Hulkenburg goes fastest with a 1:22.684

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Webber moves to the top of the timesheets again with a 1:22.332

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Alonso has yet to go back out onto the track. It appears that Ferrari are having trouble fixing the problem

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Third red flag of the day and it is Lucas di Grassi in the Virgin Racing. He went off and crashed. He is ok but the car is damaged.

So far Webber is fastest with a 1:21.487