Sebastian Vettel has been the fastest on the first day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, defending his honor as champion of the world, in spite of having few laps during the day. The German pilot has needed only 37 laps to take more than a second to Fernando Alonso, second.
At a meeting especially complicated, for much of the morning we had a wet runway, and only after eating they have been the best times. During the morning, Fernando Alonso was the fastest pilot, and has dedicated the evening to longer rounds to adapt to the Pirelli. To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.
To vote this post connect with Facebook ConnectJaime Alguersuari has achieved the third fastest time, ahead of Kamui Kobayashi with the Sauber. Both have caused red flags, the first by a track output and the second stay without gasoline on a routine operation to calculate consumption of the car.
Jenson Button has been fifth, ahead of Paul di Resta, despite not having out to track until the afternoon, has made a pretty good time. Two Britons have been just ahead of Michael Schumacher, who has made a career, mock stops including pit.
Rubens Barrichello has had a complicated day with problems in his Williams have also caused a red flag in addition to losing much of the day for prevention of engine change. Behind him riders Hispania, Lotus and Virgin with the Lotus Renault GP in the queue.
Lotus Renault GP times may surprise, but due to problems they have had with the KERS in the car, which has left Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov with very few laps to mark a record in conditions and have had to comply with the two last positions.
Tomorrow we will have more opportunities to analyse the preseason, that could follow later still at Montmelo. The protagonists are basically the same, although see Nico Rosberg than Michael Schumacher at Mercedes, Timo Glock with Virgin and Vitantonio Liuzzi debut with Hispania Racing F1 Team.
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m24.374s 37
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.485s + 1. 111s 101
3. Jaime alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.638s + 1. 57 264s
4. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m25.641s + 1. 267s 78
5 Jenson Button McLaren - Mercedes 1m26.365s + 1. 991s 77
6 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m26.575s + 2. 201s 26
7 Rubens Barrichello Williams - Cosworth 1m26.912s + 2. 538s 52
8 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m27.512s + 3. 138s 90
9 Narain Karthikeyan HRT - Cosworth 1m28.393s + 4. 019s 116
10. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m30.065s + 5. 691s 54
11. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m30.950s + 6. 576s 116
12. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m35.174s + 10. 800s 20
13. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m44.324s + 19. 950s 27
