by Craig. » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:50 pm
well an interesting day in jerez.
Final times.
1 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso STR2 1:18.213 100
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1.07 1:18.410 + 0.197 119
3 Nico Rosberg Williams FW29 1:18.796 + 0.583 97
4 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F2007 1:19.136 + 0.923 58
5 Kazuki Nakajima Williams FW29 1:19.611 + 1.398 76
6 Timo Glock Toyota TF107 1:19.961 + 1.748 59
7 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2007 1:20.000 + 1.787 45
8 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso STR2 1:20.033 + 1.820 87
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota TF107 1:20.229 + 2.016 69
10 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing RB3 1:20.657 + 2.444 72
11 Anthony Davidson Honda RA107 1:20.821 + 2.608 102
12 Takuma Sato Super Aguri F1 SA07 1:21.092 + 2.879 84
13 Marko Asmer BMW Sauber F1.07 1:21.333 + 3.120 80
14 Giedo van der Garde Force India F8-VII 1:22.321 + 4.108 81
15 Roldan Rodriguez Force India F8-VII 1:22.508 + 4.295 82
Report from the day.
Sebastian Vettel brought Formula One action in 2007 to a close with the fastest time on the final day of testing at Jerez in Spain.
The Scuderia Toro Rosso driver completed 100 laps to set his best time of 1:18.213 with slick tyres and 2008 levels of downforce, to edge out BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica by two tenths of a second.
Although Nico Rosberg, also on slicks, ended up third quickest despite a spectacular engine blow-up in the afternoon, a lot of eyebrows were raised when Michael Schumacher set the fourth quickest time running slick tyres but with 2009 levels of downforce.
A lot of drivers have struggled to get speed out of the estimated 30 percent cut in downforce levels experienced this week but, despite a spin at Turn Two early in the day, Schumacher still managed to set a time less than one second off Vettel's best.
