February 1st: Testing results

The first day of testing concluded in Valencia today.

We saw the launches of the Williams, Mercedes and Toro Rosso cars. Then, 7 of the teams headed out for testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit. Temperatures were around 12 degrees Celcius.

Felipe Massa finished top of the timesheets today, ahead of Pedro de la Rosa and Michael Schumacher. Massa completed the most laps (102) and set the fastest lap at 1:12.574. Mercedes were the onlt team to run both of its drivers, with Schumacher 3rd (1:12.947) while Rosberg was 4th (1:13.543). Robet Kubica was last, driving for Renault, lapping in a 1:15.000 as a fastest lap, 2.5 seconds slower than Massa.

The only red flag was for Rubens Barrichello, who spun while out on track at around 4.45 pm. Toro Rosso only got 18 laps in with Sebastien Buemi, because of a gearbox problem.

Full testing results:

		Driver	Team	Car	Fastest lap	Difference	# of laps
1.		F. Massa	Ferrari	F10	1:12.574		102
2.		P. de la Rosa	BMW Sauber	C25	1:12.784	+0.210	74
3.		M.Schumacher	Mercedes GP	W01	1:12.947	+0.373	40
4.		N. Rosberg	Mercedes GP	W01	1:13.543	+0.969	39
5.		G. Paffett	McLaren	MP4-25	1:13.846	+1.272	86
6.		R.Barrichello	Williams	FW32	1:14.449	+1.875	75
7.		S. Buemi	Toro Rosso	STR5	1:14.762	+2.188	18
8.		R. Kubica	Renault	R30	1:15.000	+2.426	69

More photos of testing today (more photos in the individual car launches):

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