Button, Alonso and Webber competing
With a completely dry Jerez circuit, all the cars are now unveiling in dry. However, during the morning, the times started to drop. Button, Alonso and Webber are competing to clock the fastest lap. McLaren is currently leading at the top of the timesheet with 1:20.394 – a second faster than the best time we have seen in Jerez up to now.
A mechanical failure of Webber, just after 12:00 PM, affected the Red Bull program and caused the red flag of the fifth day. On the other hand, Di Grassi did not arrive to the party on time, because by the beginning of the morning he had not finished a complete lap and is again 11 seconds behind the best time. Lotus is the only racing team that has not timed to this moment, but hopes its gearbox problem is solved and his pilot is determined to take the track this evening.
Williams has begun its box stop testing, and reports point out that Hulkenberg will do a simulation race this evening if the sky remains so clear.
Everything is trouble-free with Mercedes: Schumacher arrived late to the circuit, and ran few laps. At lunch time, Toro Rosso had completed most of the laps (64) while Kobayashi in the Sauber the least (6). This is contrary to the announcement made that said that the racing team was waiting for good weather to run many miles.
MORNING TIMES
.1. Jenson Button (McLaren) 1:20.394 (50 laps)
.2. Mark Webber (Red Bull) 1:21.684 (46)
.3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:21.771 (72)
.4. Robert Kubica (Renault) 1:21.915 (49)
.5. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP) 1:21.919 (37)
.6. Adrian Sutil (Force Inidia) 1:21.985 (39)
.7. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) 1:22.973 (64)
.8. Nico Hulkenberg (Williams) 1:23.634 (77)
.9. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) 1:25.818 (6)
10. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus) 1:26.327 (20)
11. Lucas di Grassi (Virgin) 1:31.670 (22)
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