Webber goes quickest at Jerez

Although his 1:18.628 lap probably owed something to fuel loads and new tyres, the laptime will be a boost to the team that have made a step forward since introducing their radical 'shark fin' engine cover in testing.

Williams duo Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima proved that the wing problems that marred their team's test at Barcelona were well behind them as they set the second and third best times.

Local hero Fernando Alonso, whose presence no doubt contributed to the presence of 4,000 fans today, was fourth quickest for Renault, with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica one place behind him on the timesheets.

Lewis Hamilton, who had been quickest on the opening day, was sixth fastest overall, ahead of Red Bull Racing's David Coulthard, who brought a red flag out at 10.04am when he went off at Turn One.

The only other red flag of the day was caused by Nelsinho Piquet, whose Renault R28 came to a halt on the start-finish straight at 3.32pm. He ran across the track and back to the pits, with a small patch of oil on the track left behind by his car swiftly cleaned up.

Honda Racing continued to work on their RA108, with laptimes seemingly not boosted much by a new rear wing introduced today. Jenson Button was 13th fastest, with Rubens Barrichello 15th overall.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time      Laps
 1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:18.628   72
 2.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:19.091   98
 3.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:19.215   91
 4.  Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:19.710  104
 5.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber           (B)  1:19.829  116
 6.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:19.857   68
 7.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:19.883   97
 8.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:19.889  114
 9.  Piquet        Renault              (B)  1:20.014  110
10.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:20.152   84
11.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber           (B)  1:20.201  109
12.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:20.536   76
13.  Button        Honda                (B)  1:21.147   85
14.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda    (B)  1:21.376  101
15.  Barrichello   Honda                (B)  1:21.710   58
16.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari  (B)  1:22.244   86

All Timing Unofficial