Valencia February Test Test day three
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The grandstands have emptied progressively as the end of the session nears. Looks like people want to avoid the traffic madness
@ClaireVWilliams: Our old Nico (Rosberg) stopped in our box by mistake yesterday - he must be missing us!
Official spectator figures from Valencia: 36,400 fans today. A total of 59,100 over the three days. Some GPs would like such crowd
Ticket prices for the test were from 5 to 25 euros. That's quite a bit of money the circuit made
Michael Schumacher speaking to the media in 10 minutes. Looks like he finished his day early
Alonso on track again, lapping in the low 1:13s
Button joins Alonso on track. Meanwhile, Schumacher has officially finished testing for the day
It looks like no one will get close to Massa's total of 226 laps over his two days of testing
Of course Massa had two full days of testing while most rivals haven't
Kubica, who also did two full days, managed 188 laps. Barrichello's two days add up to 177
Fireworks set off in the grandstands as Alonso chases Button's McLaren
Looks like Alonso and Button have their own private little race now
The "race" is over as Alonso returns to the pits
With 38 minutes left, only Alonso and Massa have managed to lap the circuit in the 1:11s
Alonso didn't come into the pits. He just backed off to get some clean air
Alonso set to be right behind Button in a few minutes once again..
The crowd is loving this. It's their own little GP
And Alonso gets ahead of Button as the Briton backs off
Alonso now pits and Button is the only man left on track
Last 30 minutes of the test
All three Spaniards - Alonso, de la Rosa and Alguersuari - are on track now
110 laps for Alonso so far today. Ferrari well over 300 over the course of the three days
Schumacher has confirmed that a "little hydraulic leak" has ended his day early
Petrov improves to 1:13.097. The Russian is still sixth quickest
Schumacher: "I wouldn't expect to be winning right from the beginning. It wasn't something that I was aiming for and expecting to be the case. But we need to be strong enough on development."
Full story on AUTOSPORT soon.
Full story on AUTOSPORT soon.
Ten minutes left and Alonso is the only man on track, much to the delight of the Spanish fans
Button and Alguersuari also jump onto the track
Alguersuari returns to the pits without setting a time
With five minutes left Petrov leaves the pits
Button back into the pits. Looks like the day is over for the McLaren driver
It seems there will be no "glory runs" today and the timesheet will remain unchanged at the top
Alonso lapping again in the 1:11s. Just a few seconds left on the clock
Fernando Alonso, Valencia testing
The day is over and Alonso remains on top, with Ferrari having dominated all three days of the test
Only the Italian team has lapped in the 1:11s this week
You can see the final times on the right side of the screen
That's all from AUTOSPORT's live coverage of the Valencia test. We hope you have enjoyed it. Thank you for reading us.
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