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Jerez Test: Barrichello ups the pace

Lapping under the 1’20 barrier

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13 February 2011 - 12:56

Rubens Barrichello upped the pace for Williams this morning and became the first driver to lap under the 1’20 barrier during this four-day test session at Jerez de la Frontera.

The Brazilian set his best laps on soft tyres and was the most active out there as he completed 54 laps of the circuit of Jerez. At midday, Barrichello was leading from Kobayashi and Alonso. World Champion Sebastian Vettel was sixth fastest, two seconds off Barrichello’s best time.

All eyes were on another Brazilian though, as Bruno Senna made his debut at the wheel of the Lotus Renault R31. He did 45 laps and set the fifth fastest time of the day.

The session was interrupted three times this morning. The first red flag came out at 11am, when d’Ambrosio’s Virgin had a mechanical failure. Twenty minutes later, it was Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes turn to have a mechanical problem. Shortly after noon, Kamui Kobayashi went off track.

The fastest lap times at 12h40 :

Pos.	Driver	Team	Times	Gap	Laps
01	R. Barrichello	Williams FW33	1.19.832		54
02	K. Kobayashi	Sauber C30	1.20.601	+0.769	38
03	F. Alonso	Ferrari F150	1.21.074	+1.242	48
04	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso STR6	1.21.213	+1.381	31
05	B. Senna	Lotus Renault R31	1.21.990	+2.158	45
06	S. Vettel	Red Bull RB7	1.22.222	+2.390	41
07	J. Button	McLaren MP4-26	1.22.278	+2.446	28
08	N. Rosberg	Mercedes GP W02	1.22.773	+2.941	18
09	J. d’Ambrosio	Virgin MVR-02	1.22.985	+3.153	18
10	P. di Resta	Force India VJM04	1.23.444	+3.612	35
11	H. Kovalainen	Team Lotus T128	1.24.023	+4.191	25