Glock fastest on day one at Jerez

The German completed 71 laps to set a best time of 1:20.606 as teams tried out various different set-ups for the forthcoming Japanese and Chinese Grands Prix.

Vitantonio Liuzzi was second fastest, six tenths slower than Glock, in his Toro Rosso with Sebastien Buemi third quickest for Red Bull Racing.

Franck Montagny tried out new developments in the Toyota to set the fourth quickest time, while Pedro de la Rosa completed just 46 laps for McLaren to end the day fifth overall.

Renault are giving Nelson Piquet Jr the chance to run on all three days of the test. The Brazilian was sixth fastest, despite losing some time with a mechanical problem in the afternoon.

Rubens Barrichello was seventh overall after a day spent trying out various new concepts that his Honda Racing team will use for the final three races of the season.

Kazuki Nakajima put in valuable mileage for Williams on their new Fuji upgrade, while Luca Badoer was at the bottom of the timesheet for Ferrari as they tried out their 2008 electronic systems. The Italian brought out the only red flag of the day as he stopped on track at 3.40pm.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver       Car                      Time      Laps
 1.  Glock        BMW-Sauber          (B)  1:20.606  71
 2.  Liuzzi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:21.280  90
 3.  Buemi        Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:21.309  59
 4.  Montagny     Toyota              (B)  1:21.555  72
 5.  de la Rosa   McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:21.651  46
 6.  Piquet Jr    Renault             (B)  1:22.009  63
 7.  Barrichello  Honda               (B)  1:22.020  79
 8.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:23.177  87
 9.  Badoer       Ferrari             (B)  1:23.432  36

All timing unofficial