2010 F1 testing live: 18th February
Paul di Resta is testing for Force India again today
The rain looks set to stay at Jerez today as F1 testing continues at the track.
Heikki Kovalainen will get his first run in the Lotus today and at Mercedes Nico Rosberg will take over from Michael Schumacher. Follow testing with us below.
Times from today’s test
| Driver | Car | Best time | Laps | Difference |
| Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth FW32 | 87.145 | 98 | 0 |
| Vitaly Petrov | Renault R30 | 87.828 | 56 | 0.683 |
| Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault RB6 | 88.162 | 70 | 1.017 |
| Nico Rosberg | Mercedes W01 | 88.515 | 71 | 1.37 |
| Felipe Massa | Ferrari F10 | 88.879 | 92 | 1.734 |
| Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29 | 89.691 | 8 | 2.546 |
| Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes VJM03 | 90.344 | 33 | 3.199 |
| Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth VR-01 | 90.476 | 72 | 3.331 |
| Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes VJM03 | 90.666 | 24 | 3.521 |
| Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25 | 90.979 | 57 | 3.834 |
| Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5 | 92.678 | 57 | 5.533 |
| Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth T127 | 93.554 | 30 | 6.409 |
Testing notes
The dreaded rain arrived as expected yesterday, keeping many teams from getting their planned programmes of work completed. Unfortunately the forecast for today looks little better.
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 – Paul di Resta
Toro Rosso STR5 – Sebastien Buemi
Virgin VR-01 – Timo Glock
Lotus T127 – Heikki Kovalainen
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. Last week Lewis Hamilton set a best time of 1’19.583 at the track.
Tweets from the test
Here’s the ten latest Tweets from people at the track (plus me):
If you would like to suggest a Twitter feed to add to the list, please name them in the comments. The list only updates when this page is refreshed.
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hughes said on 18th February 2010, 8:31
hope we can get some good pics of lotus today :)and hope they get some good times in :)
Bertie said on 18th February 2010, 8:58
Today they will probably overtake virgin in terms of testing mileage.
DomPrez said on 18th February 2010, 13:44
Tell that to Kovi as he gets bussed back to the pits
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 18th February 2010, 9:13
There’s some pictures of Lotus teting yesterday here: F1 testing in pictures: 17th February
Calum said on 18th February 2010, 8:35
Come on Mclaren!!
Does any one know if Xerez football team are from Jerez because it seems to be pronounced hereth like the circuit.
IDR said on 18th February 2010, 8:57
The name of the city came from the arab name Sherish.
In the XIII Century, when Castilla Kingdom reconquer the city, the name was changed to Xerez, and at that time, the “X” was pronounced like “Sh” in English. (For this reason, Jerez wine is named Sherry in English)
Just in the XVI Century, the “X” evolved to the current “J”.
Jerez is still commonly known as Xerez in many languages.
So, Xerez Football team belongs to Jerez City.
A long way to answer your question!!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 18th February 2010, 9:04
Good knowledge :-)
Monad said on 18th February 2010, 9:03
Has Glock damaged the car? Will they spend another day fixing things or waiting for parts now?
Younger Hamilton said on 18th February 2010, 21:45
i dont think so but Yesterday they were saying they had problems but i think its all sorted now
costas said on 18th February 2010, 9:06
Remember… Livetiming with lap by lap times for all drivers (click on drivers names)
http://www.msfree.gr/ms.php?id=10757
tei said on 18th February 2010, 9:09
Who’s driving Force India? Autosport.com says that is Liuzzi, it’s live commentary says di Resta, and here said that’s Adrian.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 18th February 2010, 9:15
Liuzzi was originally down for today but the team said yesterday it would be Sutil. But according to Costas’s link it’s di Resta, which would be interesting if true.
tei said on 18th February 2010, 9:40
Yep, it’s really Paul di Resta.
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/146018.jpg
Calum said on 18th February 2010, 12:28
The Sun tabloid, has a 2 page feature on DiResta today (in Scottish edition anyway, dunno about the rest of uk). Unusual for them to do motorspor in any length!
Out of interest what newspaper has best F1 coverage?
LewisC said on 18th February 2010, 12:37
Newspapers? What’s that then… I have a smartphone.
That’s a thought – wonder if Keith’s considered doing an iPhone app? Either a freebie one to raise the profile of the site, just as a glorified RSS… or you could charge a small amount and have all the live timing and so on…
Calum said on 18th February 2010, 17:43
Ha yeah I know they seem dated, but I wasn’t allowed a contract phone due to lack of income, the joys of being under 18! I don’t have permanent internet access on my ipod touch either.
I always wondered if he had thought about it. There is an app(pay one) on my ipod that takes news from bbc sport, planet f1 and other sources. You choose one from the settings and it sets up links to all the latest headlines.
Perhaps Keith culd get his site included in the contacts by contacting the developers – if he didn’t know how to go about creating an app.
sato113 said on 18th February 2010, 13:55
the times, and telegraph do good f1. one of the two bring out a free formula 1 guide at the beginning of every season.
Adrian said on 18th February 2010, 15:52
I think it’s the Telegraph. Which one is it that Martin Brundle writes for?
Force Maikel said on 18th February 2010, 9:20
if read on one of the biggest dutch F1 Sites that USF1 stops because their car wont be ready before the first grand prix and that lopez is lookin for another team to drivwe for, this of course putst the door wide open for stefan GP
MacLeod said on 18th February 2010, 9:28
Strange i see this on live timing:
5. P. di Resta Force India F8-VII 1:30.344 +1.465 14 pit
F8-VII? and di Resta drives?
tei said on 18th February 2010, 9:34
F8-VII is marking of 2007 Spyker @ VJM-01. There is must be mistake?
MacLeod said on 18th February 2010, 10:14
Yes, so i wonder they drive with a old car? But Sutil was planned to drive today as di Resta only got a half day to test? is Sutil reported Sick?
tei said on 18th February 2010, 10:21
No Paul drives VJM-03. Maybe they’ll change after lunch.
MacLeod said on 18th February 2010, 10:26
Ah the VJM-03 is back probaly a old transponder. BTW lotus has engine problems after it fires up it abrupt suddenly.
alex said on 18th February 2010, 9:40
where’s lotus???
Peter said on 18th February 2010, 10:02
Lotus is on fire.
Calum said on 18th February 2010, 12:38
When I first read this I thought they were blisteringly quick, now i realise they are actually in flames!
sagar said on 18th February 2010, 9:53
Where is Renault?
tei said on 18th February 2010, 10:23
oh, lol, no electricity at the Jerez track.
Torg said on 18th February 2010, 10:37
I thought initially you meant that the Lotus was flying when you said it “was on fire” got quite excited!! Seems you mean it litteraly lol. Oh well, early days.
tei said on 18th February 2010, 11:20
they had overheating problems yeasterday, and today it seems like even more – and it’s in rainy cold Jerez. wonder, what will be at Bahrain…
BBQ2 said on 18th February 2010, 10:50
Early gremlins there at Lotus :( I also wished they had a different driver line up…… Such a nice car being driven by two dull drivers. We might be seeing a Trulli-Kova-Train this season :(
Adrian said on 18th February 2010, 10:55
Agreed, I really wish they had a young up-and-coming driver in the team…still early days and I’m sure that with Trulli and Heikki they’ve got 2 good development drivers.
Though I personally think Kova-Trulli-Train has a better ring to it..!!
Patrickl said on 18th February 2010, 12:33
Kovalainen is still pretty much an up and coming driver.
Calum said on 18th February 2010, 12:36
Got to remember no matter what anybody says, both are F1 race winners.
F1withMySon said on 18th February 2010, 18:10
Anybody can make a mistake, but it seems like he just can’t stop making them.
There was a time when I ranked him highly, then he got the drive at McLaren and I thought we’d see very good things with that partnership. Then it seemed like he just dropped off the map, it seemed like he stopped trying. And last season was just embarrassing at times.
Today’s crash, just disappointing.
JUGNU said on 18th February 2010, 11:03
Seeing di resta is getting so much testing, definitely Mercedes/Mclaren have a lot of role in that. I think there are 90% chances he will get a race seat next year.
Keith is he any good? I remember reading he defeated Vettel in some junior single seater series to the title.
Than he should be great and maybe already close to the performance of current Force india drivers.
Calum said on 18th February 2010, 12:34
It was in the 2006 F3 Euroseries. They both drove for Team ASM, Vettel no1, Di Resta no2, and Di Resta won the championship with 86 points, 11 more than Vettel – the runnerup.
Also of interest, Kamui Kobayashi drove in this championship with the Team ASM as well. He was a rookie and he finished 8yh overall and picked up a couple of podiums.
Team ASM sure can pick drivers with F1 potential!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 18th February 2010, 12:54
ASM merged with ART, who ran Hülkenberg in GP2 last year and Grosjean the year before. Their latest charge is Jules Bianchi, who you definitely want to keep an eye on: Jules Bianchi (Meet the rookies)
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 18th February 2010, 12:55
Di Resta has looked promising indeed but I don’t care what anyone says about how useful the DTM is – he would have been far better off in GP2 the last couple of season. I hope it hasn’t dulled his potential.
Woffin said on 18th February 2010, 11:22
“11:18 Glock continues to rack up the miles in the Virgin. He is now on 33 laps, which is like three times what he managed yesterday”
Haha, Autosport there gettin down wiv da slang lad! Like three times more laps, wicked man!
Peter said on 18th February 2010, 11:24
I was looking for some laptimes of Heikki to start some useless (but fun) comparing.
Check out the fire on pictures with the link on page: http://www.f1today.nl/live-update/2010/02/18/circuito-de-jerez/