F1 TESTING @ JEREZ // ROSBERG FASTEST BEFORE THE RAIN

Young German Nico Rosberg topped the timesheets for Mercedes GP after a rather wet start to the second three day winter F1 test at Jerez today.

Rosberg set his time during the first hour of running before the Spanish circuit was hit by rain. For Red Bull, the weather severely restricted their first day of testing in the new RB6 as Mark Webber was scheduled to complete an installation session which had to be cut short... [read more]

Today also saw the on track debut of Force India's VJM03 with Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi at the wheel.

Testing continues at Jerez tomorrow.

F1 Testing @ Jerez // Complete Results:
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m20.927s
2. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1m21.031s +0.104
3. Nico Hulkenberg Williams 1m22.243s +1.316
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.895s +1.968
5. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1m23.787s +2.860
6. Jenson Button McLaren 1m24.947s +4.020
7. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 1m24.968s +4.041
8. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m25.440s +4.513
9. Mark Webber Red Bull 1m26.502s +5.575
10. Timo Glock Virgin 1m38.734s +17.807

Editorial: Neil Tozer
Images: Mercedes GP and Force India F1