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Post by Ed » Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:20 pm

Order after 4 hours (Day 2 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:18.561
Webber - Red Bull - 1:19.184
Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:19.587
Bianchi - Force India - 1.20.221
Raikkonen - Lotus - 1:20.239
Button - McLaren - 1:20.688
Massa - Ferrari - 1:21.060
Maldonado - Williams - 1:21.197
Perez - Sauber - 1:21.289
Kovalainen - Caterham - 1:21.518
de la Rosa - HRT - 1.23.468

Mercedes and HRT are running 2011 cars

Kovalainen has covered the most laps so far with 78 followed by Webber with 65

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Post by Ed » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:14 pm

Order after 5 hours (Day 2 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:18.561
Webber - Red Bull - 1:19.184
Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:19.587
Bianchi - Force India - 1.20.221 (am)
Raikkonen - Lotus - 1:20.239
Button - McLaren - 1:20.688
Massa - Ferrari - 1:21.060
Maldonado - Williams - 1:21.197
Perez - Sauber - 1:21.289
Kovalainen - Caterham - 1:21.518
de la Rosa - HRT - 1.23.468
di Resta - Force India - 1.23.492 (pm)

Mercedes and HRT are running 2011 cars

Kovalainen has covered the most laps so far with 78 followed by Schumacher with 71

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:08 am

Order after 6 hours (Day 2 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:18.561
Webber - Red Bull - 1:19.184
Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:19.587
Bianchi - Force India - 1.20.221 (am)
Raikkonen - Lotus - 1:20.239
di Resta - Force India - 1.20.272 (pm)
Button - McLaren - 1:20.688
Massa - Ferrari - 1:21.060
Maldonado - Williams - 1:21.197
Perez - Sauber - 1:21.289
Kovalainen - Caterham - 1:21.518
de la Rosa - HRT - 1.23.468


Mercedes and HRT are running 2011 cars

Kovalainen has covered the most laps so far with 87 followed by Schumacher with 77

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:02 am

Order after 7 hours (Day 2 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:18.561
Webber - Red Bull - 1:19.184
Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:19.587
Bianchi - Force India - 1.20.221 (am)
Raikkonen - Lotus - 1:20.239
di Resta - Force India - 1.20.272 (pm)
Button - McLaren - 1:20.688
Massa - Ferrari - 1:20.793
Maldonado - Williams - 1:21.197
Perez - Sauber - 1:21.289
Kovalainen - Caterham - 1:21.518
de la Rosa - HRT - 1.22.674


Mercedes and HRT are running 2011 cars

Kovalainen has covered the most laps so far with 112 followed by Schumacher with 105

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:18 am

Best lap times and total laps at the end of the second day from Jerez:


Driver - Team - Best Time - Laps
Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:18.561 - 132
Webber - Red Bull - 1:19.184 - 97
Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:19.587 - 100
Bianchi - Force India - 1.20.221 (am) - 46
Raikkonen - Lotus - 1:20.239 - 117
di Resta - Force India - 1.20.272 (pm) - 69
Massa - Ferrari - 1:20.454 - 95
Button - McLaren - 1:20.688 - 85
Perez - Sauber - 1:20.711 - 68
Maldonado - Williams - 1:21.197 - 97
Kovalainen - Caterham - 1:21.518 - 139
de la Rosa - HRT - 1.22.674 - 64

Mercedes and HRT are running 2011 cars

Kovalainen has covered the most laps with 139 followed by Schumacher with 132

Tomorrow we'll see Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton in their respective cars

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:26 pm

Day 3 of testing gets underway at Jerez. Weather is cold and sunny

Air temperature is 2 degrees while track temperature is at 3 degrees!

A few drivers have completed installation laps

Todays drivers include World Champions Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton as well as Vergne making his debut as a regular driver for Toro Rosso, Sanna driving for Williams and Grosjean back with Lotus

Updates to be provided during the day at least every hour

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:23 pm

Order after 2 hours (Day 3 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Grosjean - Lotus - 1:18.806
Perez - Sauber - 1:19.780
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:20.154
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:20.303
Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:20.608
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:22.712
van der Garde - Caterham - 1:23.575
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:24.251
Senna - Williams - 1:24.321
Bianchi - Force India - No time

Mercedes are running 2011 car

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:44 pm

Grosjean improves with a 1.18.419

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:13 pm

Order after 3 hours (Day 3 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Grosjean - Lotus - 1:18.419
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:19.727
Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:19.734
Perez - Sauber - 1:19.770
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:20.154
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:20.270
Senna - Williams - 1:21.978
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:22.712
van der Garde - Caterham - 1:23.505
Bianchi - Force India - No time

Mercedes are running 2011 car
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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:19 pm

Most laps so far by Grosjean with 43. Bianchi only did 2 laps while Alonso only covered 14 (Hydraulic problem on the Ferrari)

Bianchi went off and appears to have damaged the car

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:37 pm

Order after 4 hours (Day 3 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:17.613
Grosjean - Lotus - 1:18.419
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:19.464
Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:19.734
Perez - Sauber - 1:19.770
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:19.785
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:20.412
Senna - Williams - 1:21.293
van der Garde - Caterham - 1:23.505
Bianchi - Force India - No time

Mercedes are running 2011 car

Most laps so far by Rsoberg with 77 then Senna with 71

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:23 pm

Order after 5 hours (Day 3 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:17.613
Grosjean - Lotus - 1:18.419
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:19.217
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:19.464
Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:19.734
Perez - Sauber - 1:19.770
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:20.412
Senna - Williams - 1:21.293
van der Garde - Caterham - 1:23.324
Bianchi - Force India - No time

Mercedes are running 2011 car

Most laps so far by Rsoberg with 92 then Senna with 74

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Post by Ed » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:16 am

Order after 6 hours (Day 3 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:17.613
Grosjean - Lotus - 1:18.419
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:19.297
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:19.464
Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:19.734
Perez - Sauber - 1:19.770
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:20.412
Senna - Williams - 1:21.293
van der Garde - Caterham - 1:23.324
Bianchi - Force India - No time

Mercedes are running 2011 car

Most laps so far by Rsoberg with 110 then Senna with 80 and Grosjean with 79

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Post by Ed » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:13 am

Order after 7 hours (Day 3 - Jerez):

Driver - Team - Best Time
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:17.613
Grosjean - Lotus - 1:18.419
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:19.297
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:19.464
Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:19.734
Perez - Sauber - 1:19.770
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:20.412
Senna - Williams - 1:21.293
van der Garde - Caterham - 1:23.324
Bianchi - Force India - No time

Mercedes are running 2011 car

Most laps so far by Rsoberg with 114 then Senna and Grosjean with 104 laps each

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Post by Ed » Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:24 am

Order the end of Day 3 at Jerez:

Driver - Team - Best Time
Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:17.613
Grosjean - Lotus - 1:18.419
Vettel - Red Bull - 1:19.297
Hamilton - McLaren - 1:19.464
Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:19.734
Perez - Sauber - 1:19.770
Alonso - Ferrari - 1:20.412
Senna - Williams - 1:21.293
van der Garde - Caterham - 1:23.324
Bianchi - Force India - No time

Mercedes are running 2011 car

Most laps by Senna with 125 then Rosberg with 118 and Grosjean with 117 laps

Testing concludes at Jerez tomorrow

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