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Jerez test, Day 4: Heikki Kovalainen on top 

McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen has ended the four day testing session at Jerez in Spain on top of the timesheets. The Finn, who evaluated on his MP4-23 two nose horn wings – much like the ones already tested by Honda Racing – covered 116 laps with his best in a time of 1:18.385. Second fastest time for Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais (1:18.746, 113 laps) ahead of Red Bull’s David Coulthard (1:19.494, 93 laps) and Renault’s test driver Romain Grosjean (1:19.561, 90 laps).

Fifth time for Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:19.611, 92 laps) who was able to evaluate the already known shark fin engine cover in the afternoon. The Brazilian was followed by Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1:19.724, 100 laps), BMW’s Nick Heidfeld (1:19.915, 99 laps), Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:19.965, 72 laps), Honda’s Jenson Button (1:20.532, 98 laps) and Toyota’s test driver Kamui Kobayashi (1:20.878, 90 laps).

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

1. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.385 116
2. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:18.746 113
3. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:19.494 93
4. Grosjean Renault 1:19.561 90
5. Massa Ferrari 1:19.611 92
6. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:19.724 100
7. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 1:19.915 99
8. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:19.965 72
9. Button Honda 1:20.532 98
10. Kobayashi Toyota 1:20.878 90