2010 F1 testing live: 12th February
12th February 2010, 0:05 by Keith Collantine 83 Comments »
Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton during today's test
It’s all change at the third day of F1 testing in Jerez with Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and several other drivers making their first appearance at the track this year.
Join us to follow the test as it happens below.
Testing times and laps
Best times from today’s test
| Driver | Car | Best time | Laps | Difference |
| Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5 | 79.919 | 76 | 0 |
| Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29 | 80.736 | 48 | 0.817 |
| Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes VJM03 | 81.428 | 48 | 1.509 |
| Felipe Massa | Ferrari F10 | 81.603 | 72 | 1.684 |
| Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault RB6 | 81.783 | 59 | 1.864 |
| Vitaly Petrov | Renault R30 | 82 | 68 | 2.081 |
| Nico Rosberg | Mercedes W01 | 82.82 | 53 | 2.901 |
| Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth FW32 | 83.217 | 120 | 3.298 |
| Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25 | 83.985 | 68 | 4.066 |
| Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth VR-01 | 97.107 | 8 | 17.188 |
Laps complete so far (all 2010 test days)
| Driver | Total laps | Total distance (km) |
| Fernando Alonso | 344 | 1469.511 |
| Sebastien Buemi | 330 | 1408.365 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 311 | 1323.81 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 297 | 1240.245 |
| Felipe Massa | 298 | 1223.946 |
| Robert Kubica | 291 | 1209.024 |
| Nico Rosberg | 268 | 1119.87 |
| Kamui Kobayashi | 254 | 1084.104 |
| Michael Schumacher | 246 | 1037.682 |
| Jenson Button | 233 | 997.038 |
| Pedro de la Rosa | 202 | 829.314 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 176 | 733.644 |
| Jaime Alguersuari | 173 | 725.013 |
| Vitaly Petrov | 170 | 721.035 |
| Vitantonio Liuzzi | 151 | 668.628 |
| Mark Webber | 149 | 659.772 |
| Gary Paffett | 86 | 344.43 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 59 | 261.252 |
| Adrian Sutil | 48 | 212.544 |
| Timo Glock | 16 | 70.848 |
| Lucas di Grassi | 8 | 35.424 |
| Model | Total laps | Total distance (km) |
| F10 | 642 | 2693.457 |
| FW32 | 608 | 2564.055 |
| W01 | 514 | 2157.552 |
| STR5 | 503 | 2133.378 |
| MP4-25 | 495 | 2075.112 |
| R30 | 461 | 1930.059 |
| C29 | 456 | 1913.418 |
| RB6 | 208 | 921.024 |
| VJM03 | 199 | 881.172 |
| VR-01 | 24 | 106.272 |
| Engine | Total laps | Total distance (km) |
| Ferrari | 1601 | 6740.253 |
| Mercedes | 1208 | 5113.836 |
| Renault | 669 | 2851.083 |
| Cosworth | 632 | 2670.327 |
Testing notes
The teams were blessed with a full day of dry running yesterday, but will they get any more? I’ve arrived at a dry circuit this morning but there is a lot of cloud and the weather forecast this morning said rain would arrive around 10am – much as it did on Wednesday.
Kamui Kobayashi ended yesterday as the fastest driver after a late flier, and Sebastien Buemi was quickest for much of yesterday’s session.
But it was Fernando Alonso who caught the attention with a very long stint, well over 40 laps in duration, in which time he still lapped with two seconds of the fastest car on the track.
Today almost every team will change drivers with Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa along those taking over.
Today’s testing line-up
McLaren MP4-25 – Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes W01 – Nico Rosberg
Red Bull RB6 – Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari F10 – Felipe Massa
Williams FW32 – Rubens Barrichello
BMW Sauber C29 – Pedro de la Rosa
Renault R30 – Vitaly Petrov
Force India VJM03 – Adrian Sutil
Toro Rosso STR5 – Jaime Alguersuari
Virgin VR-01 – Lucas di Grassi
The track: Circuito de Jerez
The teams are testing at the Circuito de Jerez, formerly the home of the Spanish (1986-1990) and European Grands Prix (1994 and 1997):
Eight of this year’s pre-season test days will take place at this circuit. The teams last tested here during the young driver training days in December. On that occasion Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time for Red Bull with a 1’17.418.
Tweets from the test
Here’s the ten latest Tweets from people at the track, including me:
If you would like to suggest a Twitter feed to add to the list, please suggest one in the comments. The list only updates when this page is refreshed.
Live timing
Williams are showing live timing from the track on their website.
2010 F1 testing
GeeMac said on 12th February 2010, 7:36
Any news on Lotus’ launch? It’s supposed to be today isn’t it?
Keith Collantine said on 12th February 2010, 7:40
Yep, see here: F1 Fanatic round-up: 12/2/2010
GeeMac said on 12th February 2010, 7:52
Thanks!
sato113 said on 12th February 2010, 8:41
what time will it be at?
Bullfrog said on 12th February 2010, 10:33
This evening, after 5pm according to this.
paxter said on 12th February 2010, 17:47
http://en.espnf1.com/lotus/motorsport/story/8634.html
i love the color!
Calum said on 12th February 2010, 7:48
Ah good, lewis’ turn today!
GoHam said on 12th February 2010, 7:56
Go go go go Lewis! Blow ‘em away!
GoHam said on 12th February 2010, 7:58
now it appears
some problem keith? Same thing happened a couple of days back.
Calum said on 12th February 2010, 8:37
Speaking of alternate comments, is there any reason behind why every second comment has their poster’s name in blue then every other in blue? I only noticed the pattern last night!
HounslowBusGarage said on 12th February 2010, 8:44
Any ideas what the track and air temps are?
HounslowBusGarage said on 12th February 2010, 8:47
Seems we have this strange order of comments back again. My question about temperatures was osted at 8.44 but appeared above Calum’s post at 8.01 am.
This is posted as a reply to my 8.44 post; let’s see where it slots in.
Pedro said on 12th February 2010, 9:34
It is 11 degrees (Celsius).
ap said on 12th February 2010, 9:14
shame about the rain in spain….
Scribe said on 12th February 2010, 11:42
on the plain?
Keith Collantine said on 12th February 2010, 14:05
Actually it’s quite hilly here.
sumedh said on 12th February 2010, 9:26
Alonso’s fastest lap of yesterday was done on one of the final laps of a 50+ lap stint. Jenson says that Jerez circuit is abrasive on tyres. I think, its fair to judge that Ferrari is kind to its tyres, and is pretty fast
. I am so happy 
Scribe said on 12th February 2010, 11:43
Ferrari build their cars like that, particulaly since 05.
Anyways, it seems Ferrari will have the advantage with this top 10 tyre rule, they’ll be able to make softs work better than harder tyre workers in qualifiying and off the grid.
David B said on 12th February 2010, 9:44
Here comes the rain again.
It will be a though day, and Virgin will waste an opportunity.
ap said on 12th February 2010, 9:52
“Read the new rules story here: FIA to keep fuel weights secret in 2010
@autosportlive 10 minutes ago · Reply · View Tweet · RT”
I dont understand this….why would they need to show fuel load after qual anyways…they ALL have to have a full tank for the race LOL
And they are crippling the top 10 cars with crappy tyres…after there 1lap dash after sitting in the pit bay untill last moment to save those tyres…
But seriously, they will be doing low fule runs in q3 so why the fuss that no published weights…?!?!?!?
bwells said on 12th February 2010, 10:15
maybe the teams want to keep their fuel economy a secret.. lol
Platine said on 12th February 2010, 10:24
Some cars will need less fuel due to greater engine efficiency, and also maybe teams could try to start a little on the light side to pull away and ensure track position then ease off last few laps, or gamble on a safety car when a given lap uses far less fuel…
Tim said on 12th February 2010, 10:29
Fuel weights were never published before refuelling was re-introduced in 1994, so why publish them now?
Oliver said on 12th February 2010, 15:43
Fuel weights were only published as recently as 2008 if I’m correct.
Kanyima said on 12th February 2010, 10:04
Raining in Jerez at the moment.
Kanyima said on 12th February 2010, 10:05
Ham first one out in the wet and goes back to the pits.
Kanyima said on 12th February 2010, 10:09
Rain has ceased. Sun pops out rather timidly. Should dry soon, hopefully.
Kanyima said on 12th February 2010, 10:10
Rosberg first out.
bwells said on 12th February 2010, 10:16
Well I think I’m going to hit the hay.. not much going on so hopefully it’ll dry up and they can get some laps in and I can have something to read in the am..
FLuidd said on 12th February 2010, 10:38
Go SAUBER ! ^^