2012 Jerez Test

The 2012 Jerez Test was a four-day test session to allow the teams to get prepared for the start of the 2012 Formula One Season. The test took place at the Circuito de Jerez, in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain between February 7-10th 2012.
On Day 1, Kimi Räikkönen set the fastest time in his Lotus E20, with Force India's Paul di Resta second.
On Days 2 and 3, Mercedes, with last year's car, set the fastest times by far. Of the 2012 cars, Red Bull's Mark Webber was best behind Michael Schumacher on Day 2, and Romain Grosjean of Lotus was second to Nico Rosberg on Day 3.
On Day 4, Fernando Alonso set the fastest time for Ferrari, while Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne set the second fastest time of the day, just ahead of Sebastian Vettel.
Nico Rosberg's time on Day 3 was the fastest time of the test. 
==Driver Running order==
Team 	Chassis 	Day 1 (Tue) 	Day 2 (Wed) 	Day 3 (Thu) 	Day 4 (Fri)
Red Bull-Renault 	RB8 	Mark Webber 	Mark Webber 	Sebastian Vettel 	Sebastian Vettel
McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4-27 	Jenson Button 	Jenson Button 	Lewis Hamilton 	Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari 	F2012 	Felipe Massa 	Felipe Massa 	Fernando Alonso 	Fernando Alonso
Mercedes 	MGP W02* 	Rosberg / Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Nico Rosberg 	none
Lotus-Renault 	E20 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Romain Grosjean 	Romain Grosjean
Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	Paul di Resta 	di Resta / Bianchi	Jules Bianchi 	Nico Hülkenberg
Sauber-Ferrari 	C31 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sergio Pérez 	Sergio Pérez 	Kamui Kobayashi
Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	STR7 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	Jean-Éric Vergne
Williams-Renault 	FW34 	Pastor Maldonado 	Pastor Maldonado 	Bruno Senna 	Bruno Senna
Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Giedo van der Garde	Jarno Trulli
HRT-Cosworth 	F111* 	Pedro de la Rosa 	Pedro de la Rosa 	none 	none
Marussia-Cosworth 	not attending	not attending 	not attending 	not attending 	not attending
* 2011 car
==Best Times==
Pos.	Driver 	Team	Car 	Tyres	Time 	Days	Laps
1 	Nico Rosberg 	 	MGP W02*	 	1:17.613	1, 3	174
2 	Romain Grosjean 	 	E20 	 	1:18.419	3, 4	212
3 	Michael Schumacher	 	MGP W02*	 	1:18.561	1, 2	178
4 	Fernando Alonso 	 	F2012 	 	1:18.877	3, 4	164
5 	Mark Webber 	 	RB8 	 	1:19.184	1, 2	150
6 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	RB8 	 	1:19.927	3, 4	145
7 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	MP4-27 	 	1:19.464	3, 4	166
8 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	STR7 	 	1:19.587	1, 2	157
9 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	STR7 	 	1:18.760	3, 4	159
10 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	E20 	 	1:19.670	1, 2	192
* car.
Team 	Car 	Driver 	Time 	Day	Laps
McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4-27	Jenson Button 	1:20.688	2 	147
Ferrari 	F2012 	Felipe Massa 	1:20.454	2 	164
Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	Paul di Resta 	1:19.772	1 	170
Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	Nico Hülkenberg 	1:19.977	4 	90
Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	Jules Bianchi 	1:20.221	2 	48
Sauber-Ferrari 	C31 	Kamui Kobayashi 	1:19.834	4 	181
Sauber-Ferrari 	C31 	Sergio Pérez 	1:19.770	3 	116
Williams-Renault 	FW34 	Pastor Maldonado 	1:21.197	2 	122
Williams-Renault 	FW34 	Bruno Senna 	1:20.132	4 	249
Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	Heikki Kovalainen 	1:21.518	2 	167
Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	Jarno Trulli 	1:22.198	4 	117
Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	Giedo van der Garde	1:23.324	3 	74
HRT-Cosworth 	F111* 	Pedro de la Rosa 	1:22.128	2 	108
==Day 1, 7th February==
Pos.	Driver 	Team 	Car 	Tyres	Time 	Gap 	Avg Speed	Laps
1 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Lotus-Renault 	E20 	 	1:19.670	 	200.131 	75
2 	Paul di Resta 	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	 	1:19.772	0.102 s	199.875 	101
3 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes 	MGP W02*	 	1:20.219	0.549 s	198.761 	56
4 	Mark Webber 	Red Bull-Renault 	RB8 	 	1:20.496	0.826 s	197.591 	53
5 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	STR7 	 	1:20.694	1.024 s	197.591 	57
6 	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes 	MGP W02*	 	1:20.794	1.124 s	197.346 	42
7 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sauber-Ferrari 	C31 	 	1:21.353	1.683 s	195.990 	105
8 	Jenson Button 	McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4-27 	 	1:21.530	1.860 s	195.565 	62
9 	Felipe Massa 	Ferrari 	F2012 	 	1:22.815	3.145 s	192.530 	69
10 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	 	1:23.178	3.508 s	191.690 	28
11 	Pastor Maldonado 	Williams-Renault 	FW34 	 	1:23.371	3.701 s	191.246 	25
12 	Pedro de la Rosa 	HRT-Cosworth 	F111* 	 	1:23.676	4.006 s	190.549 	44
* 2011 car
==Day 2, 8th February==
Pos.	Driver 	Team 	Car 	Tyres	Time 	Gap 	Avg Speed	Laps
1 	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes 	MGP W02*	 	1:18.561	 	202.596 	132
2 	Mark Webber 	Red Bull-Renault 	RB8 	 	1:19.184	0.623	201.359 	97
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	STR7 	 	1:19.587	1.026	200.339 	100
4 	Jules Bianchi 	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	 	1:20.221	1.660	198.756 	46
5 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Lotus-Renault 	E20 	 	1:20.239	1.678	198.711 	117
6 	Paul di Resta 	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	 	1:20.272	1.711	198.630 	69
7 	Felipe Massa 	Ferrari 	F2012 	 	1:20.454	1.893	198.180 	95
8 	Jenson Button 	McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4-27 	 	1:20.688	2.127	197.606 	85
9 	Sergio Pérez 	Sauber-Ferrari 	C31 	 	1:20.771	2.150	197.549 	68
10 	Pastor Maldonado 	Williams-Renault 	FW34 	 	1:21.197	2.636	196.367 	97
11 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	 	1:21.518	2.957	195.594 	139
12 	Pedro de la Rosa 	HRT-Cosworth 	F111* 	 	1:22.128	3.567	194.141 	64
* 2011 car
==Day 3, 9th February==
Pos.	Driver 	Team 	Car 	Tyres	Time 	Gap 	Avg Speed	Laps
1 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes 	MGP W02*	 	1:17.613	 	205.435 	118
2 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus-Renault 	E20 	 	1:18.419	0.806	203.323 	117
3 	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull-Renault 	RB8 	 	1:19.297	1.684	201.072 	96
4 	Lewis Hamilton 	McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4-27 	 	1:19.464	1.851	200.649 	80
5 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	STR7 	 	1:19.734	2.121	199.970 	79
6 	Sergio Pérez 	Sauber-Ferrari 	C31 	 	1:19.770	2.157	199.880 	48
7 	Fernando Alonso 	Ferrari 	F2012 	 	1:20.412	2.799	198.284 	67
8 	Bruno Senna 	Williams-Renault 	FW34 	 	1:21.293	3.680	196.135 	125
9 	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	 	1:23.324	5.711	191.354 	74
10 	Jules Bianchi 	Force India-Ferrari	VJM05 	 	no time 	 	 	2
* 2011 Car
==Day 4, 10th February==
Pos.	Driver 	Team 	Car 	Tyres	Time 	Gap 	Avg Speed	Laps
1 	Fernando Alonso 	Ferrari 	F2012 	 	1:18.877	 	202.143 	39
2 	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	STR7 	 	1:19.597	0.720	200.314 	80
3 	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault 	RB8 	 	1:19.606	0.729	200.291 	49
4 	Lewis Hamilton 	McLaren-Mercedes 	MP4-27	 	1:19.640	0.763	200.206 	86
5 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus-Renault 	E20 	 	1:19.729	0.852	199.982 	95
6 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sauber-Ferrari 	C31 	 	1:19.834	0.957	199.719 	76
7 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05 	 	1:19.977	1.100	199.362 	90
8 	Bruno Senna 	Williams-Renault 	FW34 	 	1:20.132	1.255	198.977 	124
9 	Jarno Trulli 	Caterham-Renault 	CT01 	 	1:22.198	3.321	193.976 	117
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