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Button tops latest F1 test
22 February 2010
McLaren’s Jenson Button was fastest on the final day of Formula One’s third official 2010 test in Jerez, setting the fastest time of the whole four-day test in the process.
A total of 11 drivers took part in Saturday’s rain-free test at the Spanish circuit, and eight of the drivers completed more than 100 laps. Button finished just ahead of Renault’s Robert Kubica and Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi.
See F1 testing pictures from Saturday's action
Lotus’s Jarno Trulli completed the most laps out of anyone, with 141, and was 4.599sec slower than Button. Timo Glock ran for the other new team taking part, Virgin, and was 3.562sec slower than Button, although he was limited to just 28 laps due to hydraulic problems.
Combined times from the four-day Jerez test:
1. Button McLaren 1:18.871
2. Kubica Renault 1:19.114
3. Kobayashi Sauber 1:19.188
4. Webber Red Bull 1:19.299
5. Liuzzi Force India 1:19.650
6. Rosberg Mercedes 1:20.061
7. Alonso Ferrari 1:20.115
8. Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:21.053
9. Hulkenberg Williams 1:21.432
10. M.Schumacher Mercedes 1:21.437
11. Sutil Force India 1:21.939
12. Glock Virgin 1:22.433
13. Vettel Red Bull 1:22.593
14. Hamilton McLaren 1:23.017
15. Massa Ferrari 1:23.204
16. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:23.322
17. de la Rosa Sauber 1:23.367
18. Trulli Lotus 1:23.470
19. di Grassi Virgin 1:23.504
20. Kovalainen Lotus 1:23.521
21. di Resta Force India 1:25.088
22. Petrov Renault 1:26.237
23. Barrichello Williams 1:27.145
24. Fauzy Lotus 1:31.848
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