Circuit: Circuito de Jerez – 4.428 kmsDriver: Jaime AlguersuariChassis: STR5 - 02Best time: 1:19.919, 76 laps
As predicted, rain was the main factor today, although the team made themost of the first dry hour this morning to do a base line run, with JaimeAlguersuari taking over from Sebastien Buemi in the cockpit. It was duringthis period that Jaime set his best time of the day.
From then on, it was a case of the Catalan driver getting his first taste ofthis year’s rain tyres, starting on Intermediates, in the light drizzle thatbegan to fall, before switching to the Extremes when the rain intensified.Later, conditions were so bad that testing was abandoned with around 45minutes of the session remaining. Jaime completed long runs on bothtypes of rain tyre: the car ran reliably and the driver made no mistakes inthe tricky conditions.
Jaime Alguersuari continues driving today, for the final day of this test,when rain is again on the radar.
(All timings are unofficial)
Pos /Driver /Car /Time /Laps
1. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso1:19.919 76 2. Pedro De La Rosa BMW Sauber1:20.736 58 3. Adrian Sutil Force India1:21.428 48 4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:21.60372 5. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull1:21.783 59 6. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:22.00068 7. Nico Rosberg MERCEDES GP PETRONAS 1:22.82053 8. Rubens Barrichello Williams1:23.217 120 9. Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:23.98568 10. Lucas Di Grassi Virgin Racing 1:37.1078