Barrichello leading the way at Jerez

Problems for Vettel and Massa

13 February 2010 - 13:20

The rain held off this night allowing some dry running for the ten drivers in Jerez. The track was wet until 11am, then Rubens Barrichello set the pace for Williams. He recorded a best lap of 1:22.319s, three-tenths clear of Felipe Massa in his Ferrari.

Vettel lose a little track time with a mechanical problem at 10am, but was soon back in action. Felipe Massa caused an other red flag when he stopped with a mechanical problem at 12:50am.

Lucas di Grassi only did a control lap before returning to his garage. The VR-01 should be able to cover more laps this afternoon.

A full report from Jerez follows at the close of play.

Times at mid-day :

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01.	Barrichello	Williams FW32	1:22.319	+0.000	39
02.	Massa	Ferrari F10	1:22.641	+0.322	95
03.	Kubica	Renault R30	1:24.373	+2.054	23
04.	Vettel	Red Bull RB6	1:24.588	+2.269	52
05.	De la Rosa	Sauber C29	1:25.039	+2.720	52
06.	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso STR5	1:25.756	+3.437	67
07.	Hamilton	McLaren MP4-25	1:26.023	+3.704	21
08.	Sutil	Force India VJM03	1:27.606	+5.287	37
09.	Schumacher	Mercedes GP W01	1:29.768	+7.449	11
10.	Di Grassi	Virgin VR-01	-:—.---	-----	1

A difficult first day for Kimi in rally Hamilton on top for McLaren

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