Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello: Testing Day Three

Romain Grosjean finished this week's Mugello test at the top of the timesheets after a promising couple of days at the wheel of the Lotus E20.

Grosjean tied for the fastest time with Kamui Kobayashi on the second day but was half a second quicker on day three with a 1:21.035. Grosjean warned media and fans against reading too much into the times earlier in the week, but the solid improvements of his (and the team's) indicated that Lotus had 'tinkered' with various suspension and floor options over the days looks good for the team.

In day three at Mugello, Ferrari debuted the first part of its updated car package for the Spanish Grand Prix, including a revised rear end with a more conventional exhaust layout. The new package showed potential on its second run with a 1:21.363, 

but just a few laps later Fernando Alonso ran wide and dislodged the Ferrari's new front wing. The team spent two hours repairing the front-left corner of the car but was able to complete a good 98 laps by the end of the day. 

Times

	Driver	Car	Time	Laps
1.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus E20	1:21.035	66
2.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB8	1:21.267	106
3.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F2012	1:21.363	98
4.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso STR7	1:22.143	117
5.	Sergio Perez	Sauber C31	1:22.229	118
6.	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM05	1:22.325	55
7.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams FW34	1:22.497	63
8.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes W03	1:22.579	129
9.	Oliver Turvey	McLaren MP4-27	1:22.662	99
10.	Paul di Resta	Force India VJM05	1:23.002	34
11.	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham CT01	1:23.169	139
12.	Timo Glock	Marussia MR01	1:23.466	110