Sebastian Vettel returned to driving duties on Thursday, managing the third fastest time as testing continued. The World Champion, whose best effort was 1:19.297, was just a tenth slower than team-mate Mark Webber’s personal best of 24 hours earlier.
“It’s been two months since we were in the car, so it does take a couple of laps to get back in the rhythm, but the car feels fine and as we expected,” the German reported in Jerez.
“There’s quite a loss of grip due to the regulation changes, but you get used to it quickly and then start to explore how the new car feels. So far we can be happy - we had a couple of issues, but that’s normal when the car is new.”
For 2012, the exhaust-blown diffuser concept (pioneered by Red Bull at the start of 2010) has been outlawed, meaning cars will slide around more at the rear.
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| Pos. | Driver | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  N. Rosberg | 01:17.613 | 118 |
| 2. | R. Grosjean | 01:18.419 | 117 |
| 3. | S. Vettel | 01:19.297 | 96 |
| 4. | L. Hamilton | 01:19.464 | 80 |
| 5. | J. Vergne | 01:19.734 | 79 |
| 6. | S. Perez | 01:19.770 | 48 |
| 7. | F. Alonso | 01:20.412 | 65 |
| 8. | B. Senna | 01:21.293 | 125 |
| 9. | G. van der Garde | 01:23.324 | 74 |
| 10. | J. Bianchi | 00:00.000 | 2 |
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