Jerez day 2 – Sauber’s Kobayshi sets the pace

BMW Sauber’s Kobayashi put in a late flying lap to secure the top spot on day 2 of the test session at Jerez. Kobayashi knocked off Sebastien Buemi of Scuderia Torro Rosso. Kobayashi’s fastest lap of 1m 19.950s was just over seven-hundredths of a second quicker than Buemi’s best effort, as this week’s four-day test continued at the Spanish track.  With the weather much improved after a drizzly Wednesday, Kobayashi was able to cover 103 laps during the course of the day in the C29. Michael Schumacher, in his Mercedes could only manage the 6th best time.

“It was a good day of testing as we managed to complete our programme,” said BMW Sauber’s head of track engineering, Giampaolo Dall’Ara. “In the morning we did some aero tests. After the lunch break we concentrated on set-up and tyre evaluation. For most of the day we were running with a high fuel load prior to a run with a lighter car before the end of the session. For tomorrow the weather forecast is not really promising, but we will cope with what we get.”

1 Kobayashi Sauber 1m19.950s

2 Buemi Toro Rosso 1m20.026s +0.076

3 Button McLaren 1m20.618s +0.668

4 Hulkenberg Williams 1m20.629s +0.679

5 Liuzzi Force India 1m20.754s +0.804

6 Schumacher Mercedes 1m21.083s +1.133

7 Alonso Ferrari 1m21.424s +1.474

8 Kubica Renault 1m22.003s +2.053

9 Webber Red Bull 1m22.043s +2.093

10 Glock Virgin 1m29.964s +10.014

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