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Barcelona F1 test , day 4 , final day for this week : Romain Grosjean fastest for Lotus ,Big crash Alonso with his McLaren-Honda :
1: Romain Grosjean - Lotus/Mercedes - 1m24.067s laps 111
2: Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1m24.321s 0.254s laps 129
3: Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull/Renault - 1m24.941s 0.874s laps 102
4: Felipe Nasr - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m24.956s 0.889s laps 73
5: Valtteri Bottas - Williams/Mercedes - 1m25.345s 1.278s laps 127
6: Carlos Sainz Jr. - Toro Rosso/Renault - 1m25.604s 1.537s laps 88
7: Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1m26.312s 2.245s laps 74
8: Nico Hulkenberg - Force India/Mercedes - 1m26.591s 2.524s laps 36
9: Fernando Alonso - McLaren/Honda - 1m27.956s 3.889s laps 20

Romain Grosjean ensured Lotus ended the second Formula 1 pre-season test on top as Nico Rosberg used medium tyres to fire a warning for Mercedes' rivals at Barcelona. Grosjean, taking over from team-mate Pastor Maldonado, used Pirelli's super-soft tyres to put the E23 top of the pile for the third time in four days in Spain. But his best, a 1m24.067s, was only a quarter of a second faster than Rosberg managed despite the German being on tyres that Pirelli estimates are as much as two seconds a lap slower. The Mercedes driver started the day by spinning into the gravel but he shot up the leaderboard in the final hour, as yet again the team's new W06 ran without using either of Pirelli's two softest options. That could not be said for Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat, who was 0.6s slower than Rosberg using soft tyres. The Russian briefly set the pace before being toppled by Grosjean's super-soft run. Beyond the headline times, there were more troubles for McLaren-Honda. Fernando Alonso endured a difficult morning with minimal running, and when he did appear and started pushing he crashed at Turn 3 just before lunch and had to be airlifted to hospital. Though a CT scan revealed the Spaniard was unharmed in the crash, the team was not able to continue running despite Jenson Button being due to take over in the afternoon. McLaren's dramas mean the team leaves Barcelona having completed just 104 laps across the four days, a tally surpassed on Sunday alone by three Mercedes-powered teams - the factory outfit (129), Williams (127), and Lotus (111). Alonso's countryman Carlos Sainz Jr topped the morning session but he also crashed at Turn 3 after the lunch break, bringing out the red flags. The Toro Rosso driver did not continue. Three other drivers caused stoppages in the afternoon. Valtteri Bottas' Williams stopped at Turn 4 shortly after Sainz's crash, though the Finn recovered to set the fifth-best time, while Nico Hulkenberg's Force India suffered a terminal Mercedes engine failure. Felipe Nasr, who was fourth fastest on the super-soft tyre, caused the final red flag when he stopped at Turn 8 with 10 minutes remaining.

Next and final wintertest will be from thursday 26 february - sunday 01 march !!!!

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Barcelona F1 test , day 3 : Pastor Maldonado fastest for Lotus :

1 : Pastor Maldonado - Lotus/Mercedes - 1m24.348s - laps 104
2 : Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso/Renault - 1m24.739s 0.391s laps 129
3 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m26.076s 1.728s laps 101
4 : Marcus Ericsson - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m26.340s 1.992s laps 53
5 : Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1m26.407s 2.059s laps 105
6 : Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull/Renault - 1m26.589s 2.241s laps 111
7 : Felipe Massa - Williams/Mercedes - 1m26.912s 2.564s laps 55
8 : Pascal Wehrlein - Force India/Mercedes - 1m27.333s 2.985s laps 81
9 : Valtteri Bottas - Williams/Mercedes - 1m27.556s 3.208s laps 49
10 : Jenson Button - McLaren/Honda - 1m29.151s 4.803s laps 24

Pastor Maldonado set the pace for Lotus for the second time in three days of Barcelona Formula 1 testing on Saturday. A mid-afternoon run on super-softs took Maldonado to a time of 1m24.348s, beating Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen - who had also used super-softs to set his best time in the morning - by three tenths of a second. The other big movement on the timing screens in the afternoon came courtesy of Marcus Ericsson. The Sauber driver progressed to fourth on soft tyres after missing the majority of the morning to gearbox problems. That put Ericsson just behind world champion Lewis Hamilton, as the Mercedes man stuck to medium tyres for his best runs. McLaren had another frustrating day. The new seal intended to resolve the Honda MGU-K problem that had compromised the first part of the week proved no better, and after a long pause in the garage, Jenson Button had to run with reduced power for the rest of the day. He was also involved in a late red flag, when both his McLaren and Verstappen's Toro Rosso parked in the pit exit in quick succession. Verstappen still led the lap tally for Saturday as he managed 129 circuits. Sebastian Vettel had a smooth end to a day that began with a spin into the gravel on cold tyres on his out-lap. He eventually clocked 105 laps for Ferrari and went fifth fastest. Red Bull's pitboard indicated that a race simulation was in prospect in the afternoon, but Daniil Kvyat returned to the garage after two stints had been completed. He was sixth overall. Seventh-placed Felipe Massa handed the Williams over to team-mate Valtteri Bottas for the afternoon. The Finn's programme was dominated by pitstop practice, and it was only in the final few minutes that he completed any full flying laps. Bottas slotted in between Pascal Wehrlein - as the Mercedes test driver completed his on-loan stint at Force India - and Button to end the day ninth-fastest.

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Barcelona F1 test , day 2 : Daniel Ricciardo fastest on day for Red Bull :

1 : Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull/Renault - 1m24.574s - laps 143
2 : Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1m24.584s 0.010s laps 90
3 : Felipe Massa - Williams/Mercedes - 1m24.672s 0.098s laps 88
4 : Sergio Perez - Force India/Mercedes - 1m24.702s 0.128s laps 121
5 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m24.923s 0.349s laps 89
6 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1m25.556s 0.982s laps 66
7 : Fernando Alonso - McLaren/Honda - 1m25.961s 1.387s laps 59
8 : Jolyon Palmer - Lotus/Mercedes - 1m26.280s 1.706s laps 77
9 : Marcus Ericsson - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m27.344s 2.770s laps 113
10 : Carlos Sainz Jr. - Toro Rosso/Renault -1m28.945s 4.371s laps 100

Daniel Ricciardo's morning time kept Red Bull on top at the end of the second day of Barcelona Formula 1 testing, as teams began race simulations in earnest. Ricciardo lapped in 1m24.574s on soft tyres before the lunch break, and that stood for the rest of the day, giving him the top spot by 0.010s over Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari, which also did its best run in the morning. "It was definitely better than yesterday," Ricciardo told reporters at the track as the day's running ended. "We've been trying to get a day with 100 laps and it was good we did that today. "It's just testing, but it's encouraging seeing us on the top, or at least in that front group." World champion Lewis Hamilton reclaimed the Mercedes from Nico Rosberg for the afternoon - having recovered sufficiently from the fever that sidelined him on Thursday - while Rosberg needed to rest his back as a precaution following a trapped nerve earlier in the week.
Hamilton and Ricciardo both embarked on race simulations, with the Briton's top time of 1m24.923s - set on medium tyres - putting him fifth overall. Both simulations were interrupted by a red flag for Carlos Sainz Jr putting the Toro Rosso in the gravel at the fast Turn 9 right-hander at the back of the circuit. That was one of two afternoon red flags, with Marcus Ericsson causing the other when he stopped on the pits straight in the final half-hour. Felipe Massa made progress up the timesheet to put Williams third, vaulting forward with two short runs on soft tyres after a competitive longer run on mediums. That put him ahead of Sergio Perez - who got up to 121 laps in the 2014 Force India - and Hamilton, with just 0.349s covering the top five. Rosberg's morning time left him sixth.
Fernando Alonso was seventh for McLaren, getting up to a best-yet tally of 59 laps despite some concerns over the engine following Thursday's seal problem. Jolyon Palmer edged closer to the pace on his debut for Lotus and ended up eighth overall ahead of Ericsson and Sainz.

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Barcelona F1 test , day 1: Maldonado fastest, Wolff and Nasr collide :

1 :Pastor Maldonado - Lotus/Mercedes - 1m25.011s laps 69
2 : Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1m25.167s 0.156s laps 74
3 : Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull/Renault - 1m25.547s 0.536s laps 59
4 : Sergio Perez - Force India/Mercedes - 1m26.636s 1.625s laps 34
5 : Felipe Nasr - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m27.307s 2.296s laps 79
6 : Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso/Renault - 1m27.900s 2.889s laps 94
7 : Jenson Button - McLaren/Honda - 1m28.182s 3.171s laps 21
8 : Pascal Wehrlein - Force India/Mercedes - 1m28.329s 3.318s laps 32
9 : Pascal Wehrlein - Mercedes - 1m28.489s 3.478s laps 48
10 : Susie Wolff - Williams/Mercedes - 1m28.906s 3.895s laps 86
11 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m30.429s 5.418s laps 11

Pastor Maldonado used soft tyres to go fastest for Lotus-Mercedes on a Barcelona Formula 1 test day disrupted by a collision between Felipe Nasr and Susie Wolff. The Williams and Sauber came together early in the afternoon session, when Wolff was on an out-lap and morning pacesetter Nasr was at full speed. Contact between the Williams's left front and Sauber's right-rear sent Nasr into the Turn 5 barriers, with Wolff also coming to rest in the gravel. Prior to the long red flag the collision prompted, Kimi Raikkonen had established Ferrari on top, initially on Pirelli's 'winter hard' and then using mediums to do a 1m25.167s. He stayed there until a flurry of soft-tyre runs in mid-afternoon, during which both Maldonado and Red Bull-Renault's Daniel Ricciardo went out for short bursts on the faster rubber. While Ricciardo could only get within 0.380 seconds of Raikkonen, Maldonado pipped the Ferrari by 0.156s to set an unbeatable benchmark in a Lotus he felt was showing encouraging progress. "I can say it is a better car than last year," he said. "It's a huge step, but it's still very early days. "It will not be easy because we do not have much time left and we have a new engine, but for now, it looks good." Sergio Perez took over the 2014 Force India from on-loan Pascal Wehrlein after the German was recalled to Mercedes and the Mexican quickly moved up the order, fitting in 34 laps and going fourth on medium rubber. Williams and Sauber recovery, F1 testing Barcelona Both Nasr and Wolff managed to get back on track in their repaired cars late on, although the Sauber triggered a red flag in the last few minutes when it stopped on the approach to Turn 9. Nasr still held on to fifth in the standings with his morning time. While Red Bull stuck to short runs, Toro Rosso hinted at reliability improvements for Renault as Max Verstappen topped the lap count on 94, eight more than second-best Wolff. Verstappen went sixth quickest during a very long afternoon run.
Jenson Button remained seventh on his morning time, despite the McLaren-Honda being sidelined while its engine was changed.
McLaren is set to be compromised by the same problems on Friday, as it waits for a faulty part to be updated in time for the weekend's running. Pascal Wehrlein occupied both eighth and ninth places in the results. His best time from relatively long runs on hard tyres for Mercedes was a tenth adrift of his morning pace for Force India. The German had been summoned back to Mercedes duties because Lewis Hamilton had to stop after 11 laps in the morning due to a fever, and his team-mate Nico Rosberg was unable to step in due to pain from a trapped nerve in his neck.

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Thursday starts the second F1 test of the year ,this time at the Circuit de Catalunya it will be a 4 day test , until sunday . Here are the names of the drivers :

Mercedes AMG Petronas
Thursday: Lewis Hamilton
Friday: Nico Rosberg
Saturday: Lewis Hamilton
Sunday: Nico Rosberg

Infiniti Red Bull Racing
Thursday: Daniel Ricciardo
Friday: Daniel Ricciardo
Saturday: Daniil Kvyat
Sunday: Daniil Kvyat

Williams Martini Racing
Thursday: Susie Wolff
Friday: Felipe Massa
Saturday: Valtteri Bottas
Sunday: Felipe Massa / Valtteri Bottas

Scuderia Ferrari
Thursday: Kimi Raikkonen
Friday: Kimi Raikkonen
Saturday: Sebastian Vettel
Sunday: Sebastian Vettel

McLaren-Honda
Thursday: Jenson Button
Friday: Jenson Button
Saturday: Fernando Alonso
Sunday: Fernando Alonso

Toro Rosso
Thursday: Max Verstappen
Friday: Carlos Sainz
Saturday: Max Verstappen
Sunday: Carlos Sainz

Lotus F1
Thursday: not yet known
Friday: not yet known
Saturday: not yet known
Sunday: not yet known

Sauber F1 Team
Thursday: Felipe Nasr
Friday: Marcus Ericsson
Saturday: Marcus Ericsson
Sunday: Felipe Nasr

Sahara Force India:
Thursday: not yet known
Friday: not yet known
Saturday: not yet known
Sunday: not yet known

The test days in Barcelona are from 9:00 to 17:00 CET

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Shaky - Schumi

Statistics from the 1st 4 days winter test at Jerez :

Combined time table over the four days of testing in Jerez:
1. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 01.20.841 (197 laps)
2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 01.20.984 (148 laps)
3. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 01.21.545 (196 laps)
4. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 01.21.982 (308 laps)
5. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, 01.22.019 (184 laps)
6. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 01.22.172 (208 laps)
7. Felipe Massa, Williams, 01.22.276 (144 laps)
8. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 01.22.319 (134 laps)
9. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 01.22.553 (170 laps)
10. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 01.22.713 (137 laps)
11. Carlos Sainz Jr., Toro Rosso, 01.23.187 (182 laps)
12. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 01.23.338 (83 laps)
13. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 01.23.802 (53 laps)
14. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull, 01.23.975 (81 laps)
15. Jenson Button, McLaren, 01.27.660 (41 laps)
16. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 01: 35 553 (38 laps)

Number of rounds per team:
1. Mercedes (516 laps)
2. Sauber-Ferrari (380 laps)
3. Toro Rosso Renault (352 laps)
4. Ferrari (345 laps)
5. Williams-Mercedes (278 laps)
6. Lotus Mercedes (190 laps)
7. Red Bull-Renault (164 laps)
8. McLaren-Honda (79 laps)

Number of rounds per engine manufacturer:
1. Mercedes (984 laps)
2. Ferrari (725 laps)
3. Renault (516 laps)
4. Honda (79 laps)

F1 teams showed their ready eagerness for the Australian GP ! 2294 Laps and 155 Tyres in only 4 days at the Jerez Test :

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Result of the 4th and last day of winter testing at Jerez :

Kimi Raikkonen fastest for Ferrari on final day :

1 : Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1m20.841s - laps 106
2 : Marcus Ericsson - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m22.019s 1.178s laps 112
3 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m22.172s 1.331s laps 117
4 : Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso/Renault - 1m22.553s 1.712s laps 97
5 : Felipe Massa - Williams/Mercedes - 1m23.116s 2.275s laps 73
6 : Romain Grosjean - Lotus/Mercedes - 1m23.802s 2.961s laps 53
7 : Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull/Renault - 1m23.975s 3.134s laps 64
8 : Jenson Button - McLaren/Honda - 1m27.660s 6.819s laps 35

Kimi Raikkonen ended the first Formula 1 test of 2015 on top for Ferrari, setting the fastest time of the week at Jerez on Wednesday afternoon. The 2007 world champion spent most of the day at the top of the times, running on the medium and hard-compound tyres during the morning, before switching to some soft-tyre running late in the afternoon. Raikkonen reiterated his belief that Ferrari has started 2015 in encouraging shape. "Compared with the last car it feels at lot better," he said. "We still have a lot of things to work on and things to improve, but we have something we can work on and the team has done a good job over the winter to prepare and make this car. "We can be happy about that, but it's still early days." It was during a sequence of runs on the yellow-sidewalled Pirellis that Raikkonen set the best time of the four days, going one tenth of a second faster than Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel managed on day two (on mediums). Sauber once again got itself towards the front as it completed some soft-tyre running for the fourth consecutive day, with Marcus Ericsson edging out Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes for the second-fastest time with half an hour to go. Ericsson caused a last-minute red flag when his car ran out of fuel on track. Hamilton succeeded in passing the 100-lap mark for the first time at this test, after a water leak limited him to 91 on day two. The reigning world champion did not have a perfect day though, as a spin at the chicane brought out the red flags in the morning. It was only a minor delay to Mercedes' programme, with Hamilton returning to the track just 40 minutes after he caused the stoppage. At the other end of the timesheets, Lotus and McLaren both wrapped up the test early due to power unit and fuel pump problems respectively, while Red Bull lost time with an ERS problem earlier in the day that forced Daniil Kvyat to stop on track in the morning. McLaren had a troubled morning as well, when an "operational issue relating to the oil level" caused a delay to its programme in the morning. Button finished the day with 35 laps to his name, and he set the Honda-powered MP4-30's fastest lap of the week with a 1m27.660s.

Next winter test will be at february 19 , 20 ,21 ,22 ,at the Catalunya Circuit in Spain

The engine sounds of the 2015 Formula 1 cars !!!



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Result of the 3rd day of winter testing at Jerez :

Felipe Nasr's Sauber pips Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari :

1: Felipe Nasr - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m21.545s - laps 109
2: Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1m21.750s 0.205s laps 94
3: Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1m21.982s 0.437s laps 151
4: Felipe Massa - Williams/Mercedes - 1m22.276s 0.731s laps 71
5: Pastor Maldonado - Lotus/Mercedes - 1m22.713s 1.168s laps 96
6: Carlos Sainz Jr. - Toro Rosso/Renault - 1m23.187s 1.642s laps 137
7: Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull/Renault - 1m23.901s 2.356s laps 49
8: Fernando Alonso - McLaren/Honda - 1m35.553s 14.008s laps 32

Felipe Nasr topped the third day of Formula 1 testing at Jerez for Sauber, as the team's soft tyre strategy finally got it ahead of Ferrari.
The Swiss team opted for a quick run on the yellow-sidewalled Pirelli tyres for the third successive day, but while it narrowly missed out on top spot to Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari on days one and two, Nasr was able to beat Vettel's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen to that honour on Tuesday. Nasr's lap came just a couple of minutes after Raikkonen had gone quickest on a set of medium-compound tyres, during a mid-afternoon spell where the Sauber had a couple of turns at the top and Nico Rosberg's Mercedes briefly got in on the act as well. Mercedes once again dominated in terms of mileage, with Rosberg adding 151 laps to the 157 he managed on day one and the 91 team-mate Lewis Hamilton completed before a water leak curtailed his running on Monday. Rosberg's day was not trouble free though, as an on-track engine shutdown forced him to a halt just before 1pm, bringing out the red flags. That was the second stoppage of the day. Nasr had caused the first when he spun into the Turn 9 gravel when the circuit was damp in the morning. There was a third red flag with just over one minute left in the day's running, caused by Pastor Maldonado stopping on the backstraight.
McLaren-Honda enjoyed its best day yet as Fernando Alonso managed 32 laps in the morning, but a problem with the engine - detected by the Spaniard on an out-lap - brought its running to a premature end. That left the MP4-30 comfortably bottom of the timesheets, as Alonso missed out on the fully dry conditions of the afternoon. Lotus made a late start to the day due to a telemetry problem, while Red Bull suffered engine gremlins that limited Daniel Ricciardo to little more than some short runs late in the day in the RB11.

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Result of the 2nd day of winter testing at Jerez :

Sebastian Vettel leads for Ferrari again on day two

1 : Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1m20.984s - laps 89
2 : Felipe Nasr Sauber/ Ferrari - 1m21.867s 0.883s laps 88
3 : Valtteri Bottas - Williams/Mercedes - 1m22.319s 1.335s laps 61
4 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m22.490s 1.506s laps 91
5 : Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso/Renault - 1m24.167s 3.183s laps 73
6 : Pastor Maldonado - Lotus/Mercedes - 1m25.802s 4.818s laps 41
7 : Jenson Button - McLaren/Honda - 1m54.655s 33.671s laps 6
8 : Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull/Renault - - laps 18

Sebastian Vettel topped Formula 1 pre-season testing at Jerez for the second day running in the Ferrari SF15-T. The four-time world champion set several laps faster than anyone else during two medium-tyre runs in the morning, and his position at the top of the times was safe once a rain shower hit the track with an hour of running remaining. "There is a lot of change going on and new things," said Vettel, who now hands the car over to team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. "In that regard it was good to run. It was important to keep running the learn the car and understand all of the numbers, and make sure we're good for the next test." Sauber used soft Pirelli tyres to take the runner-up spot for the second day running, with Felipe Nasr edging out Williams's Valtteri Bottas when both were lapping on the yellow-sidewalled tyres at the same time in the afternoon . Mercedes topped the lap count again, but 2014 world champion Lewis Hamilton fell some way short of team-mate Nico Rosberg's day one total of 157 laps. Although Hamilton clocked 91 laps, his day was cut short when a water leak forced him to stop the F1 W06 in the pit entry. McLaren and Red Bull also endured troublesome days, with Jenson Button only completing six laps for the former and Daniil Kvyat failing to post a time for the latter. Button's only laptime in the MP4-30 was 33 seconds off the pace, while Kvyat's programme was limited to single-lap runs after he damaged Red Bull's only front wing - forcing him to run without one for the rest of the day. The second day of the test also marked the debut of the Lotus E23, which joined the action for the first time mid-morning and completed 41 laps with Pastor Maldonado. The Lotus was responsible for the only red flag of the day though, as a drivetrain issue forced Maldonado to stop on the approach to the final corner in the afternoon. Very few teams went back out after the rain hit, with Vettel, Nasr, Max Verstappen and Button the only drivers to take to the circuit in the wet.

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Result of the 1st day of winter testing at Jerez :

Sebastian Vettel fastest for Ferrari on first day :

1 : Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari -1m22.620s - laps 60
2 : Marcus Ericsson - Sauber/Ferrari - 1m22.777s 0.157slaps 73
3 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1m23.106s 0.486s laps 157
4 : Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull/Renault - 1m23.338s 0.718s laps 35
5 : Valtteri Bottas - Williams/Mercedes - 1m23.906s 1.286s laps 73
6 : Carlos Sainz Jr. -Toro Rosso/Renault - 1m25.327s 2.707slaps 46
7 : Fernando Alonso * McLaren/Honda - 1m40.738s 18.118s laps 6

New Ferrari signing Sebastian Vettel topped the first day of 2015 Formula 1 testing at Jerez on Sunday. The four-time F1 world champion first moved to the top of the times in the afternoon with a short run, returning to the track after a long delay caused by telemetry problem on the SF15-T. Sauber's Marcus Ericsson closed to within less than a tenth of a second of that benchmark on a soft-tyre run later in the afternoon, but Vettel went quicker still on a set of mediums in the final 20 minutes of the day. Nico Rosberg had led the way for double 2014 world champion Mercedes for much of the day before Vettel's quick laps were set, and the F1 W06 comfortably completed the most laps on the first day. By the end of the day Rosberg had notched up 157 laps - including several long runs - while the next highest total came from Ericsson and Williams's Valtteri Bottas with 73 laps each. Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull spent the morning as Rosberg's closest challenger, but his morning running was brought to a smoky halt. The Red Bull did return to action later in the day, but by the chequered flag the RB11 had only completed 35 laps - with his running curtailed by a battery problem that overheated the rear brakes. That was not the lowest total on the day though, as the McLaren-Honda completed just six laps in the hands of Fernando Alonso. Those were broken up into three installation laps, followed by a three-lap run that included the only timed lap set by the MP4-30 all day. While Williams recovered from a late start to log 73 laps with Bottas, the Lotus E23 failed to appear on track at all as it spent the day in transit from the team's Enstone factory. The day was only affected by two red flags - the first when Ericsson spun in the morning, and the second late in the afternoon when Carlos Sainz Jr stopped on the backstraight in the Toro Rosso.

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Glad to say this year's F1 cars look much better, no more strange noses, and smoother lines.

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Test schedule first winter test 2015 at the Jerez Circuit in Spain :

Sunday, February 1:
Ferrari - Vettel
Lotus - TBC.
McLaren - Alonso
Mercedes - Rosberg
Red Bull Racing - TBC.
Sauber - Ericsson
Toro Rosso - Sainz
Williams - Bottas

Monday 2 February:
Ferrari - Vettel
Lotus - TBC
McLaren - Button
Mercedes - Hamilton
Red Bull Racing - TBC
Sauber - Nasr
Toro Rosso - Verstappen
Williams - Bottas

Tuesday, February 3:
Ferrari - Raikkonen
Lotus - TBC
McLaren - Alonso
Mercedes - Rosberg
Red Bull Racing - TBC
Sauber - Nasr
Toro Rosso - Sainz
Williams - Massa

Wednesday, February 4:
Ferrari - Raikkonen
Lotus - TBC
McLaren - Button
Mercedes - Hamilton
Red Bull Racing - TBC
Sauber - Nasr
Toro Rosso - Verstappen
Williams - Massa

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Ferrari announced the name of the 2015 car : SF (Scuderia Ferrari)15 (year)-T (Turbo).
The official presentation will be next Friday at 12 CET.

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