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Hamilton tops Jerez test combined times

McLaren sparked into life during the final day of the second pre-season test at Jerez today, with Lewis Hamilton setting the fastest time overall after four days of running

Hamilton took over on day three from his reigning world champion team-mate Jenson Button and set a 1m19.583s best to top the combined times by 0.336s from Torro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari.

The Spaniard's best time came on day three, backing up a strong showing from team-mate Sebastien Buemi, whose 1m20.026s best on day two was good enough for fourth overall.

This pair sandwiched Kamui Kobayashi, who continued Sauber's strong testing form by setting the third fastest time on day two.

Force India's Adrian Sutil and Williams driver Rubens Barrichello both set times good enough to round out the top six on the final day.

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher set the eighth fastest time of the test for Mercedes, just 0.005s faster than Button's best, while Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg was fastest on the first day but slipped to 12th overall as conditions improved during the week.

Pos Driver Team Best Laps 10th 11th 12th 13th
1. Hamilton McLaren 1:19.583 181 - - 1:23.985 1:19.583
2. Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:19.919 174 - - 1:19.919 1:24.072
3. Kobayashi Sauber 1:19.950 158 1:23.287 1:19.950 - -
4. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:20.026 205 1:21.031 1:20.026 - -
5. Sutil Force India 1:20.180 131 - - 1:21.428 1:20.180
6. Barrichello Williams 1:20.341 210 - - 1:23.217 1:20.341
7. Kubica Renault 1:20.358 188 - 1:22.003 - 1:20.358
8. M.Schumacher Mercedes 1:20.613 207 - 1:21.083 - 1:20.613
9. Button McLaren 1:20.618 151 1:24.947 1:20.618 - -
10. Hulkenberg Williams 1:20.629 185 1:22.243 1:20.629 - -
11. de la Rosa Sauber 1:20.736 163 - - 1:20.736 1:22.134
12. Liuzzi Force India 1:20.754 151 1:24.968 1:20.754 - -
13. Rosberg Mercedes 1:20.927 110 1:20.927 - 1:22.820 -
14. Vettel Red Bull 1:21.203 148 - - 1:21.783 1:21.203
15. Alonso Ferrari 1:21.424 217 1:22.895 1:21.424 - -
16. Massa Ferrari 1:21.485 232 - - 1:21.603 1:21.485
17. Petrov Renault 1:22.000 95 1:25.440 - 1:22.000 -
18. Webber Red Bull 1:22.043 149 1:26.502 1:22.043 - -
19. di Grassi Virgin 1:22.912 71 - - 1:37.107 1:22.912
20. Glock Virgin 1:29.964 16 1:38.734 1:29.964 - -

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