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As it happened: Test day one
By Matt Beer and Jamie O'Leary
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FASTEST TIMES |
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Driver |
Team |
Time |
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Raikkonen | Lotus | 1m19.670s |
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Di Resta | Force India | 1m19.772s +0.102 |
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Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m20.219s +0.549 |
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Webber | Red Bull | 1m20.496s +0.826 |
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Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1m20.694s +1.024 |
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Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m20.794s +1.124 |
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Kobayashi | Sauber | 1m21.353s +1.683 |
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Button | McLaren | 1m21.530s +1.860 |
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Massa | Ferrari | 1m22.815s +3.145 |
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Kovalainen | Caterham | 1m23.178s +3.508 |
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Maldonado | Williams | 1m23.371s +3.701 |
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De la Rosa | HRT | 1m23.676s +4.006 |
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All timing unofficial. Updated: 17:00 GMT |
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OVERVIEW |
DAY ONE |
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CURRENT WEATHER |
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Mainly sunny |
High Temp: |
18°C / 64°F |
Track: |
Dry |
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"New cars means new packaging, different cooling systems, modified electronic systems and for teams like Williams, a switch of engine supplier, so early doors the teams will want to check the fundamentals.
"If the car doesn't fall apart or catch fire (very much the worst case scenario) they will continue to gather this kind of data and also try and get a feel for if the car is behaving on track in the same way that the windtunnel and CFD simulation data suggests. The happiest teams will be the ones who discover that the correlation is good as the test goes on."
"As Kamui Kobayashi said yesterday 'we had no problems and went through the programme, so I am happy. It was a good start for us. We can start tomorrow with more detailed testing and are not worried about trouble from the first moment."