Good morning fellow Jalops, today begins the start of the final testing session for Formula 1. Will RedBull finally get their acts together and put in some good times? Will the boys from McLaren and Mercedes go even faster? We're about to find out. Like the last few sessions I will start off with the time sheets so far today.
| 1 | Perez | Force India | 1m35.290s |
| 2 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m36.624s +1.334 |
| 3 | Magnussen | McLaren | 1m37.825s +2.535 |
| 4 | Sutil | Sauber | 1m37.892s +2.602 |
| 5 | Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1m37.908s +2.618 |
| 6 | Bottas | Williams | 1m38.907s +3.617 |
| 7 | Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1m39.242s +3.952 |
| 8 | Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m40.505s +5.215 |
| 9 | Maldonado | Lotus | 1m40.599s +5.309 |
| 10 | Chilton | Marussia | 1m41.073s +5.783 |
| 11 | Kobayashi | Caterham | 1m42.285s +6.995 |
Update 1:RedBull's Ricciardo has managed to keep the RB10 going for more than a few laps totaling so far today more than 32 laps.
Update 2:Earlier the E22 Lotus had caused a Red Flag and had to be towed back to the pits.
Update 3:Max Chilton in his Marussia will soon be back on track with Marussia posing this photo to their Twitter
Update 4: Red Flag back out on track as the Torro Rosso of Kvyat has not made it back to the pits.
Update 5: The mobile crane is out on track picking up the stranded Torro Rosso outside of Turn 2. The team is running a Renault engine, but during this test they have managed to complete 55 laps which suggests that Renault might have made significant progress with all of their cars.
Update 6: And the Green Flag drops and we are back under way. At present only Magnussen and Chilton are out on the track.
Update 7: Every Jalops favorite party busting Finn is now also on the track after a long abscense, Raikkonen so far today has only managed 12laps.
Update 8: Speaking of the Ferrari, Raikkonen pulls a personal best so far with a 1:38.7, and the other Ferrari powered team Marussia sets their own personal best with a 1:39.7. A full second off of their counterparts for Marussia, and many seconds off of the leading cars for Raikkonen.
Update 9: According to the BBC's chief petrolhead Andrew, the Renault powered cars haven't been able to do a full race start in fear of damaging the engines, however that might have been fixed since word is Lotus are planning on doing a few during this test session.
Update 10: Rosberg now going out on track, Mercedes uploaded this picture to their Twitter.
Update 11: Bottas is now also on track, Williams is looking strong this year.
Update 12: Chilton improves and knocks Raikkonen out of 6th with a 1:38.6
Update 13: According to Autosport here is Ferrari's explanation of why Kimi had been stuck in the pits for so long, "We found a small problem that needed fixing and required some time, then fitting some new parts simply elapsed the time a bit more."
Update 14: Speaking of the Ferrari, Raikkonen is back to the pits for what looks to be a new nose.
Update 15: Sauber's Sutil is gearing up to get back on the track according to their Twitter.
Update 16: Sutil is out on the track with around 33 laps so far.
Update 17:On the talk of number of laps here is the totals so far.
Rosberg, Mercedes 71
Magnussen, McLaren 64
Bottas, Williams 64
Kvyat, Toro Rosso 56
Perez, Force India 50
Ricciardo, Red Bull 32
Maldonado, Lotus 31
Sutil, Sauber 31
Raikkonen, Ferrari 25
Chilton. Marussia 24
Kobayashi, Caterham 12
Photo credit to RedBull Racing, Marussia, Sandra B from Skynews, and Mercedes
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