Jerez test, Day 1: Sebastian Vettel fastest
Just two days after the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, the F1 teams got back on the track at Jerez for a four day test session at the Spanish circuit. Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel, ended day 1 on top of the timesheets: the German completed 94 laps with his fastest in a time of 1:19.844. McLaren’s test driver Gary Paffett (1:20.179, 80 laps) and Ferrari’s Luca Badoer (1:20.697, 69 laps) finished respectively second and third.
Williams’ young test driver Nico Hulkenberg completed day 1 fourth quickest (1:20.953, 58 laps), ahead of Red Bull’s Sebastien Buemi (1:20.997, 110 laps), Renault’s Romain Grosjean (1:21.223, 71 laps), Jarno Trulli (1:21.459, 96 laps) and Honda’s Alex Wurz (1:21.596, 84 laps).
Last place for BMW’s Christian Klien who couldn’t set a time and run only for three laps. The German was testing a prototype of BMW Sauber’s KERS system in the morning but when he returned to the pits after his installation lap, the first mechanic to touch the car in order to push it back to the garage, was thrown violently to the ground after receiving an electric shock.
The Hinwil team then, issued a statement informing that the mechanic had escaped serious injury but in order to investigate fully the incident the team had decided to keep the car in the pit garage for the afternoon.
(Pos – Driver – Team – Lap Time – Laps)
1. Vettel       Toro Rosso-Ferrari  1:19.844  94
2. Paffett      McLaren-Mercedes    1:20.179  80
3. Badoer       Ferrari             1:20.697  69
4. Hulkenberg   Williams-Toyota     1:20.953  58
5. Buemi        Red Bull-Renault    1:20.997 110
6. Grosjean     Renault             1:21.223  71
7. Trulli       Toyota              1:21.459  96
8. Wurz         Honda               1:21.596  84
9. Klien        BMW-Sauber          no time    3
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