Hockenheim test, Day 1: Lewis Hamilton fastest 

Written by David on July 08th, 2008 at 10:39 pmLast Update: July 08th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

Lewis Hamilton, Shark finLewis Hamilton has clocked the fastest lap time in the first day of testing at Hockenheim in Germany in preparation for next week’s German Grand Prix. The Briton’s best time was of 1:15.483 using a newly developed ‘shark fin‘ engine cover, similar to the one implement first by Red Bull Racing on the RB4 and copied by Renault, Williams, Toro Rosso and recently Force India. Kimi Raikkonen finished second three tenths adrift of Hamilton. Third fastest time for Williams’ Nico Rosberg and fourth for Force India’s Adrian Sutil.

The only red flag today was caused Honda’s test driver Alexander Wurz who spun off at the Mercedes Tribune corner while running on wet tyres.

(Pos – Driver – Team – Lap Time – Laps)

1.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes    1:15.483  75
2.  Raikkonen    Ferrari             1:15.803  63
3.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota     1:16.099  87
4.  Sutil        Force India-Ferrari 1:16.516  97
5.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari  1:16.533  113
6.  Kobayashi    Toyota              1:16.570  65
7.  Heidfeld     BMW Sauber          1:16.593  59
8.  Piquet       Renault             1:16.856  111
9.  Coulthard    Red Bull-Renault    1:17.361  67
10.  Wurz        Honda               1:17.825  89

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