Valencia February Test Test day three
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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
@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.
Hulkenberg the first man to reach the 100-lap mark today
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."
Petrov improves to 1:13.582 and moves ahead of Hulkenberg on the timesheets
Less than two hours of the first test of 2010 left
Petrov now lapping close to his best time. Schumacher, Hulkenberg and Alguersuari on track too
Button, Alguersuari and de la Rosa in action now
All of which, of course, means absolutely nothing
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
Russian Petrov has improved his time by a tiny margin, to a 1:13.889
Now he returns to the pits, so maybe he was just trying the car with full tanks
Hulkenberg might be doing a race simulation judging by his lap times
Spanish media has red fever today
Petrov moves into the 1:13 bracket with the Renault
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
Fernando Alonso, Valencia testing
Alonso has completed an eight-lap run which included the fastest time of the week
And speaking of lunch, Michael Schumacher had some pasta at Ferrari's hospitality yesterday
Some teams having their lunch break now
Alonso goes even quicker, posting a 1:11.470. He is over half a second ahead of his closest rival now
Ferrari reports there's a 4km line of cars to get into the circuit. Over 30,000 people at the track
@ClaireVWilliams: Rubens says you can't tell how competitive everyone is because the fuel cell is so large making times difficult to read
Plenty of laps for Hulkenberg today. He is already over the 70 mark
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
Button improves his time to a 1:13.498, but he is still fifth fastest
At Valencia, Button is back on track with the McLaren
Pictures of the new Virgin VR-01 on AUTOSPORT in a few seconds
Petrov has improved to move up to sixth on the timesheets, ahead of Hulkenberg
Alonso delights his fans by coming out of the pits. He's alone on track now
The F1 world continues to wait for images of the new Virgin car
Williams driver Hulkenberg is now the only man on track
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Valencia testing
Now Alonso goes even quicker and sets the fastest time of the week: 1:11.599
12pm update: Alonso 1m11.709; de la Rosa 1m12.094; Schumacher 1m12.450; Alguersuari 1m12.576; Button 1m13.783; Hulkenberg 14.410; Petrov 1m14.707
And now Button leaves the pits for some more laps
McLaren on Button, via eddstrawF1: "It's his first run, so we're getting him comfortable and running a slightly longer checklist than we had with Gary and Lewis"
De la Rosa is now back in action following repairs after his clash with Hulkenberg
By: Geoff Creighton, Pablo Elizalde
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