Jerez first pre-season test Test day one
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Hulkenberg and Webber now pit, leaving van der Garde out alone.
But the 1m30s and 1m36s in between will frustrate AUTOSPORT Live's biro-and-a-back-of-an-envelope average pace calculation system.
Webber continues to alternate fast laps with much slower ones. His 'on it' times so far have been 1m20.6s, 1m21.1s and 1m22.3s.
Hulkenberg is on a run that is getting progressively faster. Four laps in and he's gone from 1m25.9s to 1m22.8s via some 1m23s.
Van der Garde is on his first proper run since early this morning. Lap times have varied so far, a couple of 1m23s mixed with 1m29s and 1m25s.
It's a hot-lap, back off, hot-lap affair for Red Bull, as Webber does a 1m21.1s.
Webber backs off next time around and does a 1m30s.
Van der Garde and Hulkenberg are also back in action.
The Red Bull delivers a 1m20.601s lap, 0.9s off pacesetter Grosjean.
Webber is quickly up to speed and jumps to fourth place.
Webber goes back out to give us some action to follow.
That leaves a currently empty track as Jerez hits a natural lunchtime lull.
Grosjean has now come into the pits, having averaged 1m23.134s on that run of nine flying laps. He started in 1m22s and finished in 1m24s.
Grosjean's stint is becoming one of the longest of the day as he goes onto his 10th lap. His times have risen from 1m22s to 1m24s.
Webber is now coming out to join the Lotus.
Grosjean continues onto a fifth lap, continuing to circulate in mid-1m22s.
Maldonado pitted after eight laps, with a 1m27.2s average time on that run.
Grosjean has just commenced a run with a 1m22.5s.
Maldonado is on a relatively long run, but seemingly with high fuel. The Williams's times are in the 1m26-1m28s region at the moment.
Di Resta and Maldonado are the other cars still on the circuit.
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That edges the Ferrari in between Maldonado's Williams and Hulkenberg's Sauber.
Except Massa, who improves to sixth place with a 1m21.024s lap.
No one setting flying laps at the moment. The drivers in action are either doing slower speed evaluation runs or are coming in and out of the pits.
Di Resta and Massa also rejoin the track.
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Webber is also setting off again in the Red Bull.
Maldonado passes through the pits again, pauses for another practice start and launches off with a healthy tyre burn-out.
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Maldonado breaks the silence with a practice start at the end of the pits.
The gap between Grosjean and di Resta at the top is 0.547s, but it could've reduced. Di Resta set personal bests in sectors one and two before pitting.
All cars have now returned to the pits. There's no official lunchbreak at the Jerez test, but that means we see natural lulls when teams get hungry.
Some progress on reviving Jerez internet so our reliance on a very, very fast messenger pigeon should only be temporary...
That time from Grosjean came on the hard Pirelli tyres. He's now shown '1L' on his pitboard.
There was some concern about Lotus's lack of activity from its huge fanbase earlier today, but the team told AUTOSPORT it was just following a shakedown plan, and now it's unleashing some pace.
Grosjean follows that lap up with a 1m20.8s effort next time past.
That puts him on top by 0.547s.
The Frenchman does a 1m19.796s, the first sub-1m20s lap of testing.
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