Another Fantastic Preseason Test in Jerez, Spain Keeps F1 2011 Shaping Up Well

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Published: February 13, 2011

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After the three-day test in Valencia last week, the F1 circus headed southwest across Spain to Jerez for a four-day test.  

As expected, Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren (using an interim car) were decent. However, there were a couple of interesting performances from Force India and Renault. 

So the scene was set for a few more interesting days in Jerez. 

After a pretty miserable first test for Felipe Massa in Valencia, Day 1 in Jerez couldn’t have been more different!  The Ferrari man finished the first day of testing on top of the time sheets with a 1:20:709.

Furthermore, the Ferrari man’s time was over seven-tenths of a second faster than the man in P2 (Sergio Perez for Sauber).

Red Bull fielded Mark Webber for Thursday’s test.  Like Massa, Webber had a largely difficult time in Valencia, but the Red Bull man seemed happier in Jerez.  Webber finished the day in third and seemed relatively happy with that. 

Lewis Hamilton was no doubt pleased to be given the opportunity to test the MP4-26 for the first time. His primary job was to check the car and make sure there weren’t any alarming problems.  

The McLaren finished a decent fifth, but Hamilton wasn’t exactly frantic.  He thought the day had been pretty dull and didn’t exactly shower the car in praise, but he was positive.

Torro Rosso and Force India put in strong performance to finish in Positions 4 (Daniel Ricciardo, Torro Rosso), 6 (Jamie Alguersuari, Torro Rosso, in the afternoon), and 7 (Adrian Sutil, Force India). 

All of the drivers offered verbal support for the injured Robert Kubica and many teams sported messages to Kubica in their liveries.  

In Kubica’s absence Nick Heidfeld will be evaluated, but on Thursday it was Vitaly Petrov’s turn to take the Renault R31 for a spin.  

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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