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Jerez Test: Massa sets the pace

On Day One

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10 February 2011 - 17:37

Felipe Massa set the pace on the opening day of the Jerez test.

The Ferrari driver was never threatened for the top spot as he set a fastest time of 1’20’’709 at the wheel of the F150th Italia. He ended the session ahead of Sauber’s rookie Sergio Perez and Red Bull’s Mark Webber.

Daniel Ricciardo didn’t lap this afternoon, having handed the wheel over to Jaime Alguersuari, but still retained fourth spot. Lewis Hamilton was fifth fastest on this first day of running of the new McLaren MP4-26.

All the teams worked on their 2011 cars today and they ran pretty much faultlessly… apart from the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg. The German stopped on track twice this afternoon. Meanwhile, Vitaly Petrov ran wide on the first corner and ended in the gravel trap.

Mark Webber got a bit angry with Sergio Perez at the end of the session as he was slowed down by the Mexican.

Pastor Maldonado’s day was spoiled by a mechanical problem on his adjustable rear wing.

The fastest lap times of the day :

Pos.	Driver	Team	Lap times	Gap	Laps
01	F. Massa	Ferrari F150	1.20.709		101
02	S. Perez	Sauber C30	1.21.483	+0.774	94
03	M. Webber	Red Bull RB7	1.21.522	+0.813	94
04	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso STR6	1.21.755	+1.046	31
05	L. Hamilton	McLaren MP4-26	1.21.914	+1.205	58
06	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso STR6	1.22.689	+1.980	42
07	A. Sutil	Force India VJM04	1.23.472	+2.763	28
08	V. Petrov	Lotus Renault R31	1.23.978	+2.795	57
09	N. Rosberg	Mercedes GP W02	1.23.963	+3.254	67
10	J. Trulli	Team Lotus T128	1.24.458	+3.749	54
11	T. Glock	Virgin MVR-02	1.25.086	+4.377	42
12	P. Maldonado	Williams FW33	1.34.968	+14.259	9