Barcelona: Webber in the lead at midday

At the end of this first morning of testing in Barcelona, Australian Mark Webber and his Red Bull RB7 are ahead of an orphaned pack of Ferraris, Mercedes and Williams.

Published on 08/03/2011 à 13:10

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It's the break in Barcelona. After four hours of testing this morning, Mark Webber installed his Red Bull RB7 at the top of the timesheet, thanks to a time of 1:22:544. The Australian lapped faster than Felipe Massa on February 21 (1:22:625).
In second place we find the Lotus Renault GP 31 by Nick Heidfeld. The German, victim of a cold, will hand over the seat to Vitaly Petrov for this afternoon.

Despite going off the track a few minutes before the end of the session, Davide Valsecchi managed to set the third time of the morning, at the wheel of the T128. The Italian will now give way to Luiz Razia.

See you at 14 p.m. for the rest of these tests.

Morning times:
1. Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7) 1?22??544
2. Nick Heidfeld (Lotus Renault GP) 1?24??735
3. David Valsecchi (Team Lotus T128) 1?25??406
4. Sergio Perez (Sauber C30) 1?25??443
5. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM03) 1?26??030
6. Jenson Button (McLaren MP4-26) 1?28??971
7. Jerome d?Ambrosio (Virgin VR-02) 1?33??502