Hamilton tops four day test times...

Beset by bursts of torrential rain during the four day period, the teams were able to test tires and their new 2010 cars for both dry and wet conditions on the 4.428km track in Jerez during the four day pre-season test before the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 12 – 14th.

The fastest lap came from Toro-Rosso's Jamie Alguersuari who laid down a blazing lap time of 1:19.919, over eight-tenths of a second faster than any of the other Formula One drivers, “I’m pleased with how these two days of testing went,” said Jaime. “It was very useful to drive the car with different fuel loads and in different track conditions, in the dry, in the wet and ‘intermediate’ conditions. Overall, it has been a positive week for me and also for the team.”

Best times from the Jerez test Times from all four days combined.

Driver Car Best time Difference

1. Lewis Hamilton              McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25 79.583 0
2. Jaime Alguersuari          Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5 79.919 0.336
3. Kamui Kobayashi           BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29 79.95 0.367
4. Sebastien Buemi           Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5 80.026 0.443
5. Adrian Sutil                  Force India-Mercedes VJM03 80.18 0.597
6. Rubens Barrichello        Williams-Cosworth FW32 80.341 0.758
7. Robert Kubica               Renault R30 80.358 0.775
8. Michael Schumacher     Mercedes W01 80.613 1.03
9. Jenson Button              McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25 80.618 1.035
10. Nico Hülkenberg           Williams-Cosworth FW32 80.629 1.046
11. Pedro de la Rosa           BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29 80.736 1.153
12. Vitantonio Liuzzi           Force India-Mercedes VJM03 80.754 1.171
13. Nico Rosberg                Mercedes W01 80.927 1.344
14. Sebastian Vettel           Red Bull-Renault RB6 81.203 1.62
15. Fernando Alonso           Ferrari F10 81.424 1.841
16. Felipe Massa                Ferrari F10 81.485 1.902
17. Vitaly Petrov                Renault R30 82 2.417
18. Mark Webber               Red Bull-Renault RB6 82.043 2.46
19. Lucas di Grassi             Virgin-Cosworth VR-01 82.912 3.329
20. Timo Glock                  Virgin-Cosworth VR-01 89.964 10.381