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Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets on his return to Renault today at Jerez lapping the Spanish circuit a tenth clear of countryman Pedro de la Rosa. It was an impressive return to the team for Alonso as he put in 70 laps with a best time of 1:19.503s.
It was a busy day for the McLaren Mercedes team with de la Rosa putting in 111 laps in his MP4-23 while Kovalainen sixth fastest, completed 130 laps in the new machine.
Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa were third and fifth fastest respectively for Ferrari with Nico Rosberg running well in his FW29 with the fourth fastest time.
Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais proved closely matched for Toro Rosso Ferrari with the seventh and eighth fastest times while Mark Webber was ninth best in the Red Bull Renault.
Kazuke Nakajima rounded out the top ten in his Williams Toyota ahead of Timo Glock in the leading Toyota TF108 and Giancarlo Fisichella in the Force India Ferrari. Kamui Kobayashi brought up the bottom of the timesheets in the second Toyota while Super Aguri Honda did not run after problems encountered yesterday.
Jerez* - 15/01/2008
1 . F. Alonso - Renault R27 - 1:19.503 (+ 0.000 )- 70 laps
2 . P. de la Rosa - McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 - 1:19.650 (+ 0.147 ) - 111 laps
3 . K. Raikkonen - Ferrari F2008 - 1:19.708 (+ 0. 205 ) - 90 laps
4 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota FW29 - 1:19.755 (+ 0.252 )- 81 laps
5 . F. Massa - Ferrari F2008 - 1:19.772 (+ 0.269 )- 86 laps
6 . H. Kovalainen - McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 - 1:19.780 (+ 0.277 ) - 130 laps
7 . S. Vettel - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR2 - 1:20.305 (+ 0.802 ) - 86 laps
8 . S. Bourdais - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR2 - 1:20.346 (+ 0.843 ) - 76 laps
9 . M. Webber - Red Bull Renault RB3 - 1:20.392 (+ 0.889 ) - 80 laps
10 . K. Nakajima - Williams Toyota FW29 - 1:20.525 (+ 1.022 ) - 68 laps
11 . T. Glock - Toyota TF108 - 1:20.598 (+ 1.095 ) - 109 laps
12 . G. Fisichella - Force India Ferrari F8-VII - 1:20.764 (+ 1.261 ) - 76 laps
13 . K. Kobayashi - Toyota TF107 - 1:22.060 (+ 2.557 ) - 56 laps
Source: Formula 1 : News Jerez - F1-Live.com
