Jerez first pre-season test Test day one
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Grosjean goes fastest for Lotus.
(AUTOSPORT Live just switching to standby technology amid internet angst at Jerez...)
Only 11 from Rosberg, 15 from Grosjean and three from Button.
Highest lap count of the morning belongs to Maldonado, with 52 laps for Williams. Di Resta, Ricciardo, Massa, Hulkenberg and Webber have all done 30-37 laps.
Massa passes through the pits, stops briefly, and resumes.
Button has not yet set a time due to the McLaren's fuel pump problem.
A recap of the order at half-time: 1 di Resta, 2 Ricciardo, 3 Rosberg, 4 Maldonado, 5 Grosjean, 6 Hulkenberg, 7 Massa, 8 Webber, 9 van der Garde, 10 Chilton, 11 Button.
Now Webber, on hards, and Massa rejoin the track.
The hot lap/back off/hot lap programme is a common one during testing.
Di Resta, who was on medium Pirellis, did a 1m20.9s on his third lap, then backed off again and has now pitted.
After that rapid run, di Resta backs off, coming around next time with a 1m28s.
The Force India driver's 1m20.343s effort puts him 0.058s ahead of erstwhile pacesetter Ricciardo, and included the quickest sector one time of the morning so far.
Di Resta jumps to the top with a 1m20.3s lap.
Just an out/in run from Webber, who pits again.
Grosjean
Only 15 laps from Grosjean so far today but Edd Straw has spoken to Lotus and the team says it's working through its shakedown schedule as planned and is happy.
Di Resta quickly pulls aside to let Webber through.
Di Resta also hits the track in the Force India.
Chilton pits as Webber goes back out.
The Marussia is only cruising down the straights, running constant speed aero tests most likely, and Maldonado breezes past.
Maldonado, now on lap five of a run all in low to mid 1m26s, is chasing down Chilton.
The longest 'stint' anyone has done so far this morning is an 11-lap outing for Webber. Di Resta did an eight-lap string, most have done less.
Now Massa pits as well. The theme this morning is definitely short assessment runs.
Webber is back in, leaving Maldonado, Massa and now also Chilton on track.
Air temperature is now 15 degrees.
Beyond informing AUTOSPORT's jumper and cardie choices for the day, the temperatures are crucial to teams as they try to figure out the behaviour of the new 2013 Pirellis.
Weather watch: track temperature now up to a snug 30 degrees.
Looks like Massa backed right off to let Webber past, as the Red Bull is now a long way clear of the Ferrari.
Webber leaves the pits and finds himself behind Massa on the track.
Toro Rosso is planning a switch away from Ferrari power in 2014. Jonathan Noble has the latest on the team's plans.
We haven't seen a mass of practice starts so far at Jerez, but Giedo van der Garde lights up the end of the pitlane on his way back onto the track. Felipe Massa and Daniel Ricciardo will keep him company.
Paul di Resta, on the medium compound, bangs in a 1m20.558s to go second fastest. Just the 11 thousandths of a second between him and Ricciardo now.
Ricciardo still leads the way, but Maldonado is doing his best to close the gap - the Williams man has worked his way down to a 1m20.864s, just over three tenths shy of the Australian.
Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 2013
We have cars again - Webber heads out and, as he comes round for the first time, Maldonado exits the pitlane to join him.
Given the on-track calm (Webber is back in), it's the perfect time to ponder whether Formula 1 is facing an impending financial crisis. No, says Ross Brawn; yes, says Cyril Abiteboul. Oh, and Lewis Hamilton reckons F1 losing Heikki Kovalainen is 'crazy'. Read it here.
McLaren is struggling with a fuel pump-related issue, we've been informed. The team has managed just three laps so far, and none of them flyers.
There's a momentary lull on track, although its quickly broken as Mark Webber heads out in the RB9
Ricciardo follows that up with a 1m21.040s, still faster than everyone but Rosberg and Maldonado. The Toro Rosso is on song at the moment. Team boss Franz Tost said at yesterday's unveiling that he wanted to finish sixth in the constructors' championship, and that the pressure to do so fell more on the team than its drivers.
And now a 1m20.547s for Ricciardo, the best we've seen so far at Jerez.
Ricciardo gets down to a 1m21.311s on the hard tyre, just as Grosjean heads out on mediums.
By: Sam Tremayne, Matt Beer, Glenn Freeman, Geoff Creighton
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