Vettel demotes Buemi at final test day of 2008

The final testing day of 2008 took place on Wednesday at both Jerez and the new Algarve circuit, with all the teams in action developing or starting to develop their 2009 car in preparation for the first car launches next month. At Jerez, Sebastian Vettel finally beat Sebastien Buemi to the fastest time for Red [...]

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Testing continues at Jerez and Algarve

Testing continued at both Jerez and the new Algarve circuit into Tuesday, with Red Bull and McLaren remaining on top as times improved from Monday. Sebastien Buemi was once again on top in an RB4, setting a best lap of 1:17.029 during his extended running, after stepping in for the injured Mark Webber. He was [...]

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Testing underway at Algarve and Jerez

The final test session of 2008 got underway today, with teams split between the location of the last test, the Jerez ciruit in Spain and the Internacional do Algarve in Portugal. The Algarve circuit, which was completed in October, held it’s first ever F1 test day. Only McLaren and Ferrari were in action at the [...]

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Vettel continues to lead as Barcelona test ends

The first winter test in the build up to the 2009 season came to an end on Wednesday, with Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull remaining on top of the time sheets. His best lap, a 1:19.295, was half a second fastest than the Toro Rosso’s, which once again sat among the fastest times of the [...]

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Vettel takes lead at Barcelona day two

The second day of the Barcelona test concluded on Tuesday with Sebastian Vettel breaking into the 1:19s and setting the fastest time. He was the only man out for his new team, Red Bull, and led both Toro Rosso’s which sat in second, third and fourth. It was the battle for race seats that fueled [...]

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Vettel takes lead for Red Bull at Jerez

Italian Grand Prix winner, Sebastian Vettel, has set the fastest time on the third day of the Jerez test, while driving for his 2009 team, Red Bull Racing. He stopped BMW, now in the hands of Nick Heidfeld, staying at the top by just 0.1 seconds after setting a best lap of 1:18.001. Lucas di [...]

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