Posted by ashleigh on
January 15, 2008
Jerez day one roundup
Testing from a lot of the teams (9 of the 11) started in earnest yesterday at Jerez in Spain.
It was a mixed bag weather wise, and this caused some of the teams to run a reduced test day, and others seemed to take advantage and try running different wet weather configurations.
The day seemed to be dominated a bit by the Ferrari drivers, with Kimi showing the fastest time of the day. The Ferrari seemed to handle the wet weather well considering the drivers are no longer helped out with traction control systems.
It was not completely flawless for the Italian champions though, as Massa’s car showed a hickup, and he lost track time to a mechanical fault that Ferrari have not said the cause of, suspect a gearbox 
issue though as it was a relatively quick fix by the team.
Toro Rosso, and Sebastian Vettel showed the car had a decent pace in the conditions (also running the Ferrari engine remember). He took the third fastest time, with newcomer Sebastien Bourdais taking the 6th fastest time in the sister car.
