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[Gaz]

yeh but it might be harder for engines now becuase there pulling more weight.

Just looking at the times and that Lap from Lewis was half a second faster than anyone else thoughtout the test.

Think it was at the end of a longish run.

[7UpJordan]

yeh but it might be harder for engines now becuase there pulling more weight.

In that case a question mark should be put over all the other engines as well seeing as they're also going to have to pull more weight, not just Cosworth.

[Gilles 27]

Lewis' lap was on a short run in the last 15 minutes of the session. My take on it is that it was supposed to be a quick one. in the longer runs, he was posting 1:22s, similar to the long run pace of the Ferrari. No one else seemed too fussed about doing quick laps at the end so it's hard to tell what the others could have done. The McLaren looks to be one of the top 3 I would say though...

[vaptin]

yeh but it might be harder for engines now becuase there pulling more weight.

Just looking at the times and that Lap from Lewis was half a second faster than anyone else thoughtout the test.

Think it was at the end of a longish run.

Looking at the timings on james allens twitter feed it seems a fairly short run:

eddstrawF1 Di Grassi and Hamilton both nip out for quick runs 18 minutes ago by Edd Straw

autorace_live Hamilton's run is over 8 minutes ago by Charles Cooper

[Frosty]

Hamiltons lap was set on a short stint.

[7UpJordan]

Good running from Barrichello again, despite being kept in the garage at the end with a gearbox issue.

[Jabberwocky]

I am surprised at the reliability of the Cossies!

[Gilles 27]

Good running from Barrichello again, despite being kept in the garage at the end with a gearbox issue.

I thought Williams looked pretty lack-luster in Valencia but they have been much more lively in terms of times this week

[Gaz]

Hamiltons lap was set on a short stint.

Still very quick anyway not sure if its the fastest car but its certainly a front runner.

[7UpJordan]

Good running from Barrichello again, despite being kept in the garage at the end with a gearbox issue.

I thought Williams looked pretty lack-luster in Valencia but they have been much more lively in terms of times this week

In a recent interview with Sam Michael he revealed the team aren't interested in going for top times right now. Every run they did in the Valencia test was with heaps of fuel onboard and with the Cosworth turned down a fair bit. It's only just recently here at Jerez they've fired it up a bit more.

If that's still the team's stance right now and the upturn in pace is just coincidental then that's good news.

[Frosty]

Hamiltons lap was set on a short stint.

Still very quick anyway not sure if its the fastest car but its certainly a front runner.

[Denthúl]

The Williams seems to be good on the long runs, haven't seen much in the way of low-fuel from them so far. Hopefully they're taking the opposite approach to last year and focusing more on race-pace where they seemed to have problems. Also, I'm hoping that the Cosworth will still be reliable when turned up all the way. Should add something to the team's lap-times and hopefully they will at least be challenging for podiums throughout the season, thought wins would be nice.

Also definitely nice to see some decent times from the VR-01 and a decent number of laps finally. Hoping that the next tests will have better weather so that the new teams can get more dry running.

[darwin dali]

This one's for suitcase:

Jaime chases the Virgin, but can't quite get to her...

1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-25 1:19.583 113
2. Adrian sutil Force India VJM03 1:20.180 82
3. Rubens Barrichello Williams FW32 1:20.341 90
4. Robert Kubica Renault R30 1:204.358 85
5. Michael Schumacher Mercedes W01 1:20.613 83
6. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull RB6 1:21.203 89
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari F10 1:21.485 160
8. Pedro de la Rosa Sauber C29 1:22.134 105
9. Lucas di Grassi Virgin VR-01 1:22.912 63
10. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5 1:24.072 98

[Frosty]

Good pace by Virgin today!

[Jabberwocky]

depends on the fuel load