2013 pre-season testing

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Toro Rossa just gone fastest, with an impressive number of laps in total too.
 
Duurt ‏@Formula1extra
McLaren MP4-28 is still in the garage with a fuel pick-up problem. No word yet if we see it on track this afternoon.
 
Amus: We have the Mercedes just once to get the information that it is in the aforementioned flame to Rosberg's tail just unburned gasoline acted that ignited. So it can perhaps go faster than feared.
 
Fuel pump failure for Button confirmed.

McLaren can't be happy about that as the same failures cost them dear last year.
 
First shot of RB9 rear, aero paint all over:
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Benson said:
"It's discouraging news for McLaren on the first day of pre-season testing that the car has suffered a fuel-pump failure. Poor reliability, along with operational mistakes, cost Lewis Hamilton the title last year and were an influencing factor among the many that led him to leave the team. McLaren bosses stressed at last week's launch that they had put great effort into updating procedures, which they feel were to blame for the problems last year. It's also worth noting fuel-pump failure was what cost Hamilton victory in Abu Dhabi last year. On a trip to Mercedes' engine facility last month, the company talked at length about the problem and how they had done their best to fix it. This new failure may be unrelated but it will be a concern."
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2 Mentions of Hamilton v 0 mentions of Button

Classic Benson <applause>
 
Better quality of RB9:
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Mercedes, McLaren and Lotus with the fewest laps.

Toro Rosso, Ferrari and IRBR/Sauber with the most laps (excluding none timed) as Webber did a lot of untimed laps (34 extra).
 
Thought might be interesting to bench mark the new cars?

1. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 17.613s*
2. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1m 18.419s
3. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 18.561s*
4. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 18.877s
5. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 19.184s
6. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 19.297s
7. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 19.464s
8. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 19.587s
9. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 19.597s
10. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault 1m 19.670s
11. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1m 19.770s
12. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 1m 19.772s
13. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 1m 19.834s
14. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 19.977s
15. Bruno Senna Brazil Williams-Renault 1m 20.132s
16. Jules Bianchi France Force India-Mercedes 1m 20.221s
17. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 20.454s
18. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 20.688s
19. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault 1m 21.197s
20. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault 1m 21.518s
21. Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 1m 22.128s*
22. Jarno Trulli Italy Caterham-Renault 1m 22.198s
23. Giedo van der Garde Holland Caterham-Renault 1m 23.324s
 
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