Germany fastest on final day

Hulkenberg recorded a lap of 1:10.615 around the circuit's 2.294-mile International layout, meaning the German squad were the fastest of 20 nations practising today in the build-up to the opening round of the new season at Zandvoort on October 1.

However, his time wasn't good enough to beat Fairuz Fauzy's best effort from yesterday, who as a result recorded the quickest time of the pre-season test for Team Malaysia.

Former IRL and Champ Car racer Darren Manning set the fastest time overall in the afternoon's session to record the second best time of the day for Great Britain, three tenths of a second slower than Hulkenberg's best.

New Zealand were third quickest with regular racer Jonny Reid behind the wheel.

Jos Verstappen will be buoyed by the Dutch team's strength heading into the season opener at Zandvoort in October after he recorded the fourth quickest time of the day.

                     --- Morning --    -- Afternoon -
Pos  Team            Time      Laps    Time      Laps
 1.  Germany         1:10.615   45     1:11.487   40
 2.  Great Britain   1:11.106   45     1:10.927   45
 3.  New Zealand     1:10.936   57     1:12.629   50
 4.  Netherlands     1:10.942   49     1:11.731   47
 5.  China           1:11.173   35     1:12.669   51
 6.  South Africa    1:11.183   46     1:12.314   52
 7.  Lebanon         1:11.237   41     1:13.919   55
 8.  Australia       1:11.347   50     No time    - 
 9.  Malaysia        1:11.396   52     1:12.522   21
10.  Brazil          1:11.952   46     1:11.471   51
11.  Italy           1:11.507   58     1:15.955   15
12.  Canada          1:11.704   47     1:11.877   46
13.  Ireland         1:12.140   56     1:11.877   61
14.  Switzerland     1:11.892   48     1:12.977   49
15.  Indonesia       1:11.908   63     1:13.592   29
16.  Mexico          1:12.200   50     1:12.161   41
17.  Czech Republic  1:12.321   21     1:12.588   33
18.  France          1:12.383   31     1:11.662   39
19.  Pakistan        1:12.642   28     1:12.740   47
20.  USA             1:13.521   43     1:14.655   10