Test 3 – Day 2 Review at Jerez – A few wet Whinge-bags !

Barichello quickest in the wet today

Another wet damp day that saw most of the teams, especially Ferrari, have a good old moan about the conditions.

I think Ferrari got out of the wrong side of the bed as they tweeted the following comments throughout the day:

‘Nothing new at Jerez: just rain, rain and more rain to come…‘

‘The wind is making the day even more troubled…’

‘We’re just carrying on some work on race procedures as the track conditions are not really helpful to do anything different‘

‘Another day on the wet….. Not very helfpul, according to Felipe. At least, we put more mileage on the car and on engine and gearbox.‘

Conversely Lotus F1 and Virgin Racing seem to be competing on which team can be the most positive and jolly. Force India are not too far behind them.

Here are the fastest times from today, but they are pretty much meaningless:

Here’s what you need to know from today’s action:

Barrichello had a good day and completed the most laps, 98, without any incidence
Petrov, who has almost been invisible at the tests, was going quickly today and produced the 2^nd fastest time of the day
Virgin Racing had a great day and completed 72 laps and their quickest time was only 3 seconds off the pace of Barrichello
Kovalainen made a mistake after 30 laps completed in the Lotus and spun off the track and knocked the front wing off so they had to stop running for the day. He told Autosport, ‘It was just my mistake. Coming out of Turn 2, into 3, went on the power a little bit too aggressively. I lost the rear, corrected, went into the gravel, and then head-on into the wall. That damaged the nose. My mistake’
Vettel in the Red Bull, Rosberg in the Mercedes and Massa in the Ferrari had okay days, nothing much more to add
De la Rosa only was able to complete 8 laps but still managed to put up the 6^th fastest time of the day – the Sauber definitely has some speed in it
Hamilton was not quick all day suggesting heavy fuel loads and other set up work
Cosworth are pleased with the durability of their engine and also pleased they were quickest with Williams today
A thunderstorm is due in Jerez and its currently raining heavily there