BARCELONA TEST – Day OneDriver: Sebastian Vettel

Car: RB7 – 01Laps: 37 lapsBest time: 1:24.374Circuit length: 4.655kmFastest lap: S. Vettel (see above)

Red Bull Racing was back in action at the Circuit de Catalunya Friday, with Sebastian Vettelat the wheel of the RB7 for the first day of the Barcelona test.

A damp start to the day gave the team a chance to test the intermediate Pirelli tyres, beforeconditions began to dry. Sebastian had a couple of minor offs in the morning session,prompting the team to complete some precautionary checks over lunch.Sebastian Vettel said: “Unfortunately, we didn’t complete many laps today, as we had a longbreak – longer than expected. It wasn’t anything big, nothing broke, but at the test if youthink there might be a problem then you’d rather take the car apart and check. The boys didtheir best and we still got some runs towards the end of the day – not as much as we’d like,but the car feels good and hopefully we’ll do more tomorrow.”Ian Morgan, Head of Race Engineering, commented: “It was frustrating today, as we lostsome time making checks to the car during lunch. It’s what testing is for, but we would haveliked to complete more laps today.”

Sebastian will be back at the wheel Saturday, for day two of the four-day test.

 Unofficial testing times

Pos/ Driver/ Constructor/Time/ Laps1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m24.374 372 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.485 1013 Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m25.638 574 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1m25.641 785 Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m26.365 777 Paul di Resta Force India F1 1m26.575 267 Rubens Barrichello Williams 1m26.912 528 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1m27.512 909 Narain Karthikeyan HRT F1 1m28.393 11610 Heikki Kovalainen Team Lotus 1m30.065 5411 Jerome D’Ambrosio Virgin Racing 1m30.950 11612 Vitaly Petrov Lotus-Renault 1m35.174 2013 Nick Heidfeld Lotus-Renault 1m44.324 27