Jerez / Grosjean best time at midday

It is time for break. If this second day of testing in Jerez is continuous from 9 a.m. to 17 p.m., most of the teams observe a small respite at 13 p.m. And for the moment it is Romain Grosjean on his Lotus E21 which, at midday, was leading the session with a time of 1’18”828. With this achievement, the Frenchman becomes the fastest man of the week, having improved the best time set the day before by Jenson Button (1’18”861), a performance which had already impressed on Tuesday…

Just behind the Frenchman is Paul Di Resta. At the wheel of his Force India, the Briton set his best time in 1'19"003, or 0"175 behind the Lotus driver. Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) completes the top 3 of the morning with a time of 1’19”134.
Note that the session was disrupted this morning by three red flags. The first was turbulent as Daniel Ricciardo stopped between turns 10 and 11. But the Australian driver was then able to get back on track. The second was deployed after an exit from the track by Lewis Hamilton. The Briton, who was racing for the first time as an official driver Mercedes, encountered a brake problem and ended his race in a wall of tires. A minor accident but which caused an interruption of the tests for around ten minutes. The Mercedes W04 suffered damage to the nose, the front wing as well as the left front of the car. car. We do not yet know if the 2008 world champion will be able to return to the track. With 12 minutes to go, it’s the brand new Marussia driver, Luiz Razzia, who had to stop at the side of the track, causing another short interruption of testing.

Provisional results from the second day of testing in Jerez at 13 p.m.:

1/ Romain Grosjean? Lotus? 1’18”828? 50 rounds
2/ Paul di Resta? Force India? 1’19”003? 59 rounds
3/ Daniel Ricciardo? Toro Rosso? 1’19”134? 41 rounds
4/ Mark Webber? Red Bull ? 1'19"338? 46 rounds
5/ Nico Hulkenberg ? Sauber? 1'19"502? 40 rounds
6/ Lewis Hamilton ? Mercedes? 1'19"519? 15 rounds
7/ Sergio Perez ? McLaren ? 1'19"572? 38 rounds
8/ Felipe Massa? Ferrari ? 1'19"914? 33 rounds
9/ Giedo van der Garde? Caterham? 1’21”916? 38 rounds
10/ Luiz Razia? Marussia? 1’23”537? 31 rounds
11/ Pastor Maldonado? Williams ? 1’27”124 – 7 laps