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Day 2 of testing at Jerez saw Fernando Alonso take the fastest time. The Spaniard said that he enjoyed the day, and showed that the Renault did have some pace in the right hands.

Fernando also showed off a new helmet design, stating it was so the other drivers could follow it.

Pedro de la Rossa popped the McLaren into the second spot, however the McLaren team were obviously doing extended race distance testing, with the de la Rossa car doing 111 laps and Kovalainen doing 130 laps in the MP4-23.

With that level of lapping, showing no issues, it seems that the team have at least brought some of the speed and reliability over to the new car from last year.

The Ferrari’s also showed decent pace, with the two drivers (Kimi and Felipe) popping the 2008 car’s into third and fifth spots on the time sheets. Nico Rosberg also continues to show form in the Williams ‘B’ spec car, grabbing the fourth spot on the times.

The Toro Rosso cars both ran closely, with Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais taking the seventh and eighth times, with the sister Red Bull (RB03) of Mark Webber grabbing the ninth spot on the timesheets.

The Toyota based cars of Kazuke Nakajima (Williams) and Timo Glock showed less impressive times.

Unofficial Tuesday times from Jerez:
1. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 1:19.503
2. Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren, 1:19.650
3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:19.708
4. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:19.772
5. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 1:19.775
6. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 1:19.780
7. Sebastian Vettel, Toro Rosso, 1:20.305
8. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 1:20.346
9. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:20.392
10. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 1:20.525
11. Timo Glock, Toyota, 1:20.598
12. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 1:20.764
13. Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota, 1:22.060