Valencia February Test Test day three
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Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Valencia testing
Now Alonso goes even quicker and sets the fastest time of the week: 1:11.599
Williams driver Hulkenberg is now the only man on track
The F1 world continues to wait for images of the new Virgin car
Alonso delights his fans by coming out of the pits. He's alone on track now
Petrov has improved to move up to sixth on the timesheets, ahead of Hulkenberg
Pictures of the new Virgin VR-01 on AUTOSPORT in a few seconds
At Valencia, Button is back on track with the McLaren
Button improves his time to a 1:13.498, but he is still fifth fastest
1pm times update: Alonso 1m11.599; de la Rosa 1m12.094; Schumacher 1m12.438; Alguersuari 1m12.576; Button 1m13.498; Hulkenberg 1m13.959; Petrov 1m14.009
Plenty of laps for Hulkenberg today. He is already over the 70 mark
@ClaireVWilliams: Rubens says you can't tell how competitive everyone is because the fuel cell is so large making times difficult to read
Ferrari reports there's a 4km line of cars to get into the circuit. Over 30,000 people at the track
Alonso goes even quicker, posting a 1:11.470. He is over half a second ahead of his closest rival now
Some teams having their lunch break now
And speaking of lunch, Michael Schumacher had some pasta at Ferrari's hospitality yesterday
Fernando Alonso, Valencia testing
Alonso has completed an eight-lap run which included the fastest time of the week
Times update at 2pm: 1 Alonso 1:11.470; 2 De la Rosa 1:12.094; 3 Schumacher 1:12.438; 4 Alguersuari 1:12.576; 5 Button 1:12.951; 6 Hulkenberg 1:13.669; 7 Petrov 1:14.009
Petrov moves into the 1:13 bracket with the Renault
Spanish media has red fever today
Hulkenberg might be doing a race simulation judging by his lap times
Now he returns to the pits, so maybe he was just trying the car with full tanks
Russian Petrov has improved his time by a tiny margin, to a 1:13.889
So, so far this week, Schumacher has been quicker than Rosberg, Alonso quicker than Massa, Kobayashi quicker than de la Rosa, Hamilton quicker than Button, Kubica quicker than Petrov, Alguersuari quicker than Buemi, and Barrichello quicker than Hulkenberg
All of which, of course, means absolutely nothing
Button, Alguersuari and de la Rosa in action now
Petrov now lapping close to his best time. Schumacher, Hulkenberg and Alguersuari on track too
Less than two hours of the first test of 2010 left
Petrov improves to 1:13.582 and moves ahead of Hulkenberg on the timesheets
Ferrari says Alonso's "first impressions were positive, although it is still too early to draw any conclusions regarding its competitiveness on an absolute level.
"What is important is that Fernando could drive without interruptions to gain confidence with the car and getting closer to the team and the working methods, which are, let's not forget, completely new for him."
"What is important is that Fernando could drive without interruptions to gain confidence with the car and getting closer to the team and the working methods, which are, let's not forget, completely new for him."
Hulkenberg the first man to reach the 100-lap mark today
@ToroRossospy: Random non-stop chanting of "Jaime, Jaime Jaime," from fans above pits, even when driver nowhere in sight is beginning to wear a bit thin.
Jenson Button, McLaren, Valencia testing
Jenson Button on a long run with his McLaren now. Pit boards says 10 laps left for the world champion
Ross Brawn speaking to BBC's @sarahholt: "It's always very difficult to judge. On full tanks yesterday (Tuesday) we didn't look too bad but we're a little bit off on pace and (there are problems with) the handling and balance of the car which we can fix for (the next test in) Jerez. We know what the problem is.
"Of course the other teams will be progressing as well so we are reasonable, not as quick as Ferrari and Lewis looked quick yesterday. So it looks like we've got a bit of work to do."
"Of course the other teams will be progressing as well so we are reasonable, not as quick as Ferrari and Lewis looked quick yesterday. So it looks like we've got a bit of work to do."
Alonso running in the 1:15s/1:16s with a lot of fuel onboard by the looks of it
Times at the top haven't changed for a while, with Alonso still ahead of de la Rosa and Schumacher
All the cars are now back in the pits
By: Geoff Creighton, Pablo Elizalde
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