2003 Jerez Test 1

The First Jerez Test of the 2003 Formula One Season was the first official pre-season test of the new year. The test saw the involvement of the , and teams. At this stage of the pre-season testing none of the teams had launched their 2003 chassis and continued to test with their 2002 chassis from the previous season.
==Driver Running Order==
Team 	Car 	Day 1 (Mon) 	Day 2 (Tue) 	Day 3 (Wed)
Ferrari 	F2002 	not attending 	Luca Badoer / Luciano Burti	Luca Badoer / Luciano Burti
Williams-BMW 	FW24 	Ralf Schumacher / Marc Gené	Ralf Schumacher / Marc Gené	Ralf Schumacher / Marc Gené
McLaren-Mercedes	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
Renault 	R202 	not attending 	not attending 	Jarno Trulli / Fernando Alonso
Sauber-Petronas 	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
Jordan-Ford 	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
Jaguar-Cosworth 	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
BAR-Honda 	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
Minardi-Cosworth	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
Toyota 	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
==Overview==
===Report===
====Day 1====
 were the first team to commence testing in the new year with race driver Ralf Schumacher and test driver Marc Gené being sent to commence testing duties at the Jerez circuit. Between the two drivers, the Williams team was able to complete a total of 124 laps of the circuit in the team's 2002 chassis the FW24.
====Day 2====
For the second day of the test session, Williams were joined by the team who had sent their two test driver's Luca Badoer and Luciano Burti to participate the test session at Jerez. Burti was driving a standard F2002 chassis whilst teammate Badoer drove an interim chassis of the F2002 and their soon to be released 2003 season challenger, the F2003-GA. Badoer would focus on electronic and tyre configurations for the new car, going on to set the fastest time of the day. Burti would set the third fastest time behind the Williams of Ralf Schumacher. Marc Gené would finish the day fourth in the second Williams car.
====Day 3====
For the third and final day of the test, and were joined by the team with race driver's Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso being sent to participate. Trulli would only drive for eight laps in the session, shaking down an interim chassis of the team's 2003 challenger, the R23. Teammate Alonso would however participate much more extensively, driving a 2002 R202 chassis for most of the day, focussing on suspension development. However it would be Luca Badoer and who would end the day and the test as the quickest, Badoer consistently being the fastest driver in the interim Ferrari chassis.
===Best Times===
====By day====
Day 	Driver 	Team	Car 	Tyres	Time
Jan 6	unknown 	 	FW24 	 	unknown
Jan 7	Luca Badoer	 	F2002	 	unknown
Jan 8	Luca Badoer	 	F2002	 	unknown
====By driver====
==Times==
===Day 1, 6th January===
===Day 2, 7th January===
Pos.	Driver 	Team	Car 	Tyres	Time 	Gap 	Laps
1 	Luca Badoer 	 	F2002	 	unknown	 	60
2 	Ralf Schumacher	 	FW24 	 	unknown	unknown	unknown
3 	Luciano Burti 	 	F2002	 	unknown	unknown	unknown
4 	Marc Gené 	 	FW24 	 	unknown	unknown	unknown
===Day 3, 8th January===
Category:Pre-season testing