Circuito de Jerez: Testing Day Four

Day four (and the final day at Jerez) and again we see a different driver take fastest lap. Fernando Alonso set the fastest time at Circuito de Jerez with a lap time of 1:18.877. With only 39 laps under his belt, Alonso managed to keep that position while spending much on the day in the Ferrari garage.

Unlike the previous three days, day four at Jerez saw three red flags on track. The first of the three red flags were brought out by debris on the track. Not disrupting the running time too long, there was only a 5 minutes break as the track marshals cleared the track.

Though being the most productive driver of the day, Bruno Senna brought out the second red flag. After seeing how long the FW34 could run for (70 laps before running out of fuel), Senna stopped on track.

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi brought about the third red flag of the day. During his 58 lap run, Kobayashi's C31 was brought to a halt with a hydraulic problem (which was later confirmed by the team).



After a long winter, testing in Jerez has brought about the starting to the 2012 F1 season. The next opportunity to test the new cars comes at Barcelona, with the second test taking place from February 21-24 and the third from March 1-4.

For a full gallery of day four testing at Jerez, check out Octane Photo's collection here!


Times

	Driver	Car	Time	Laps
1.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F2012	1:18.877	39
2.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso STR7	1:19.597	80
3.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB8	1:19.606	50
4.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren MP4-27	1:19.640	86
5.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus E20	1:19.729	95
6.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber C31	1:19.834	76
7.	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM05	1:19.977	90
8.	Bruno Senna	Williams FW34	1:20.132	125
9.	Jarno Trulli	Caterham CT01	1:22.198	117