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Jerez Test: Alonso back on top

As he is back at the wheel

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12 February 2011 - 12:16

Formula One’s Jerez Test continues this weekend on the circuit of Jerez de la Frontera.

Conditions are still great – dry and sunny.

Fernando Alonso has taken over the wheel from Massa in the Scuderia Ferrari and was quickly back at the top of the timesheets. At noon, the Spaniard had the fastest time and was leading from Kobayashi – whose Sauber team worked hard overnight to repair the C30 damaged yesterday by Perez – and Michael Schumacher.

The Williams team’s mechanics also worked frantically to repair the FW33 so that Rubens Barrichello could get on with his testing duties.

All eyes were obviously on Nick Heidfeld. The German driver is testing for Lotus Renault GP this weekend. Should he give satisfaction to the team, he will get the nod to replace the injured Robert Kubica at the wheel of the R31. He completed 26 laps this morning and was ninth fastest.

Testing will continue until 5pm

The fastest lap times at 12h00 :

Pos.	Driver	Team	Times	Gap	Laps
01	F. Alonso	Ferrari F150	1.20.493		42
02	K. Kobayashi	Sauber C30	1.21.242	+0.749	37
03	M. Schumacher	Mercedes GP W02	1.21.685	+1.192	29
04	S. Vettel	Red Bull RB7	1.21.685	+1.192	39
05	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso STR6	1.21.790	+1.297	41
06	N. Heidfeld	Lotus Renault R31	1.21.849	+1.356	26
07	L. Hamilton	McLaren MP4-26	1.22.057	+1.564	12
08	H. Kovalainen	Team Lotus T128	1.22.793	+2.300	37
09	R. Barrichello	Williams FW33	1.23.063	+2.570	27
10	P. di Resta	Force India VJM04	1.23.635	+3.142	29
11	J. d’Ambrosio	Virgin MVR-02	1.25.471	+4.978	22