Sebastian Vettel completed the fastest lap at Jerez on Wednesday at what was the start of a second week of testing in the south-east of Spain. The German registered his fastest lap of 1.22.593 to finish well ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.
With less than a month to go before the start of the 2010 World Championship, the Formula 1 teams continued their preparations in the at the Circuito de Jerez, with the four-day test running from Wednesday to Saturday.
The day started on a damp track, with teams then kept busy with changeable weather conditions, once again making it difficult to run a proper test programme. At the end of the day it was the Red Bull championship runner-up of last year who topped the timesheets ahead of the 2008 Champion.
At Ferrari, Felipe Massa started testing with the team's latest chassis, the F10 282l the Brazilian notched up 72 laps with a fastest time of 1.23.204, six tenths off Vettel.
The green and yellow Lotus team joined the others in Jerez for its own first run in an official pre-season session, with test and reserve driver Fairuz Fauzy behind the wheel. On Thursday, Heikki Kovalainen will take over for his first turn in the Cosworth-powered car.
The action continues at Jerez at 9am local time on Thursday (GMT +1)
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