Pre-Season Test #1 - Jerez Day 4 - Times & Re-Cap

Testing in Jerez is officially over, but there's lots more testing to come when the teams head to Barcelona for the second set of testing days.

Day 4 saw multiple Red Flags due to cars stopping on track, including Kvyat's Red Bull and Hamilton's Mercedes. Red Bull was dealing with ERS issues in the late morning.

Here are the times Day 4:

1. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:20.841 / Ferrari-Ferrari

2. Marcus Ericsson - 1:22.019 / Sauber-Ferrari

3. Lewis Hamilton - 1:22.172 / Mercedes-Mercedes

4. Max Verstappen - 1:22.553 / Toro Rosso-Renault

5. Felipe Massa - 1:23.116 / Williams-Mercedes

6. Romain Grosjean - 1:23.802 / Lotus-Mercedes

7. Daniil Kvyat - 1:23.975 / Red Bull-Renault

8. Jenson Button - 1:27.660 / McLaren-Honda

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Jerez Day 3 - Times & Re-Cap

Day 3 of testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain was another eventful day. Luckily there was no more rain, although the track surface was quite damp and slick. The first Red Flag was actually caused when Nasr had a spin in the Sauber and got stuck in the gravel trap.

McLaren looked to be making progress and Alonso had racked up quite a few laps until something with the water pressure forced the team to call it a day. Lotus was facing telemetry issues which limited their running most of the morning. Mercedes also dealt with problems when Nico Rosberg stopped on track, causing the second Red Flag of the day. Red Bull had to change the engine in their car as well.

However, despite Felipe Nasr's small spin in the early morning, the young Brazilian ended the day on the top of the time-sheets.

Here are the times from Day 3:

1. Felipe Nasr - 1:21.545 / Sauber-Ferrari
2. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:21.750 / Ferrari-Ferrari
3. Nico Rosberg - 1:21.982 / Mercedes-Mercedes
4. Felipe Massa - 1:22.276 / Williams-Mercedes
5. Pastor Maldonado - 1:22.713 / Lotus-Mercedes
6. Carlos Sainz - 1:23.187 / Toro Rosso-Renault
7. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:23.901 / Red Bull-Renault
8. Fernando Alonso - 1:35.553 / McLaren-Honda

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Jerez Day 3 - Line-Up

Here is the line-up for Day 3 of Pre-Season testing from Jerez, Spain - As always we'll be live on Twitter with full commentary of the session. Follow us @F1Insider78

Line-Up:

Mercedes-Merdedes: Nico Rosberg
McLaren-Honda: Fernando Alonso
Red Bull-Renault: Daniel Ricciardo
Lotus-Mercedes: Pastor Maldonado
Ferrari-Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen
Williams-Mercedes: Felipe Massa
Toro Rosso-Renault: Carlos Sainz
Sauber-Ferarri: Felipe Nasr

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Jerez Day 2 - Times & Re-Cap

It was another successful day of testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Some teams had a clean and easy day while others struggled with mechanical issues. The weather also made things a bit tricky when it began to rain about 4 hours into the session.

Lotus had arrived and Pastor Maldonado, who didn't get to drive on Day 1, was able to finally get the E23 out on track and take it around for a total of 41 laps.

As for Red Bull, their day of testing was made tricky when Daniil Kvyat had a small off and the front wing was damaged. They continued to run the car without the front wing but Kvyat never set a timed lap. This was also the only front wing Red Bull had brought to Jerez, but they plan to have a new one delivered.

Here are the final session times from Day 2:

1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:20.984 / Ferrari-Ferrari
2. Felipe Nasr - 1:21.867 / Sauber-Ferrari
3. Valtteri Bottas - 1:22.319 / Williams-Mercedes
4. Lewis Hamilton - 1:22.490 / Mercedes-Mercedes
5. Max Verstappen - 1:24.167 / Toro Rosso-Renault
6. Pastor Maldonado - 1:28.802 / Lotus-Mercedes
7. Jenson Button - 1:54.655 / McLaren-Honda
8. Daniil Kvyat - No Time Set / Red Bull-Renault

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Pre-Season Test #1 - Jerez Day 1 - Times & Re-Cap

F1 is officially back.. Well, sort of. The first race of the year might not be until March, but Winter Testing has begun and it's time to re-cap day 1 of Jerez.

Both Mercedes and Williams launched their 2015 livery in the pit-lane, while later on the new Red Bull was driven out of the garage by Daniel Ricciardo, showing off the special "Test-Livery" which included the car sporting a black and white "camo" paint job.

Lotus was absent for the day as they were still in the midst of shipping their things to Jerez. They're currently unsure if they will run on Monday either.

What we know so far from testing is that the cars seem to he having less issues than seen in 2014's pre-season test, which saw quite the amount of cars stopping on track.

Force India, as many know have opted out of running at Jerez. Also absent are Marussia and Caterham and it's uncertain if they will be able to make 2015's grid after multiple financial issues.

Here are the times from Day 1:

1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:22.620 / Ferrari-Ferrari

2. Marcus Ericsson - 1:22.777 / Sauber-Ferrari

3. Nico Rosberg - 1:23.106 / Mercedes-Mercedes

4. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:23.338 / Red Bull-Renault

5. Valtteri Bottas - 1:23.906 / Williams-Mercedes

6. Carlos Sainz - 1:25.327 / Toro Rosso-Renault

7. Fernando Alonso - 1:40.738 / McLaren-Honda

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