2012 Jerez Test

The 2012 Jerez Test was a four-day test session to allow the teams to get prepared for the start of the 2012 Formula One Season. The test took place at the Circuito de Jerez, in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain between February 7-10th 2012.

On Day 1, Kimi Räikkönen set the fastest time in his Lotus E20, with Force India's Paul di Resta second.

On Days 2 and 3, Mercedes, with last year's car, set the fastest times by far. Of the 2012 cars, Red Bull's Mark Webber was best behind Michael Schumacher on Day 2, and Romain Grosjean of Lotus was second to Nico Rosberg on Day 3.

On Day 4, Fernando Alonso set the fastest time for Ferrari, while Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne set the second fastest time of the day, just ahead of Sebastian Vettel.

Nico Rosberg's time on Day 3 was the fastest time of the test.

Driver Running order[]

Team	Chassis	Day 1 (Tue)	Day 2 (Wed)	Day 3 (Thu)	Day 4 (Fri)
Red Bull-Renault	RB8	Mark Webber		Sebastian Vettel
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-27	Jenson Button		Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari	F2012	Felipe Massa		Fernando Alonso
Mercedes	MGP W02*	Rosberg / Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Nico Rosberg	none
Lotus-Renault	E20	Kimi Räikkönen		Romain Grosjean
Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	Paul di Resta	di Resta / Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Nico Hülkenberg
Sauber-Ferrari	C31	Kamui Kobayashi	Sergio Pérez		Kamui Kobayashi
Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	Daniel Ricciardo		Jean-Éric Vergne
Williams-Renault	FW34	Pastor Maldonado		Bruno Senna
Caterham-Renault	CT01	Heikki Kovalainen		Giedo van der Garde	Jarno Trulli
HRT-Cosworth	F111*	Pedro de la Rosa		none
Marussia-Cosworth	not attending

* 2011 car

Best Times[]

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Tyres	Time	Days	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02*	P	1:17.613	1, 3	174
2	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	E20	P	1:18.419	3, 4	212
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02*	P	1:18.561	1, 2	178
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:18.877	3, 4	164
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:19.184	1, 2	150
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:19.927	3, 4	145
7	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-27	P	1:19.464	3, 4	166
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:19.587	1, 2	157
9	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:18.760	3, 4	159
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	E20	P	1:19.670	1, 2	192

* 2011 car.

Team	Car	Driver	Time	Day	Laps
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-27	Jenson Button	1:20.688	2	147
Ferrari	F2012	Felipe Massa	1:20.454	2	164
Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	Paul di Resta	1:19.772	1	170
		Nico Hülkenberg	1:19.977	4	90
		Jules Bianchi	1:20.221	2	48
Sauber-Ferrari	C31	Kamui Kobayashi	1:19.834	4	181
Sauber-Ferrari	C31	Sergio Pérez	1:19.770	3	116
Williams-Renault	FW34	Pastor Maldonado	1:21.197	2	122
Williams-Renault	FW34	Bruno Senna	1:20.132	4	249
Caterham-Renault	CT01	Heikki Kovalainen	1:21.518	2	167
		Jarno Trulli	1:22.198	4	117
		Giedo van der Garde	1:23.324	3	74
HRT-Cosworth	F111*	Pedro de la Rosa	1:22.128	2	108

Day 1, 7th February[]

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Tyres	Time	Gap	Avg Speed	Laps
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	E20	P	1:19.670		200.131	75
2	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:19.772	0.102 s	199.875	101
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02*	P	1:20.219	0.549 s	198.761	56
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:20.496	0.826 s	197.591	53
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:20.694	1.024 s	197.591	57
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02*	P	1:20.794	1.124 s	197.346	42
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:21.353	1.683 s	195.990	105
8	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-27	P	1:21.530	1.860 s	195.565	62
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:22.815	3.145 s	192.530	69
10	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:23.178	3.508 s	191.690	28
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:23.371	3.701 s	191.246	25
12	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	F111*	P	1:23.676	4.006 s	190.549	44

* 2011 car

Day 2, 8th February[]

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Tyres	Time	Gap	Avg Speed	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W02*	P	1:18.561		202.596	132
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:19.184	0.623	201.359	97
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:19.587	1.026	200.339	100
4	Jules Bianchi	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:20.221	1.660	198.756	46
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	E20	P	1:20.239	1.678	198.711	117
6	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:20.272	1.711	198.630	69
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:20.454	1.893	198.180	95
8	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-27	P	1:20.688	2.127	197.606	85
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:20.771	2.150	197.549	68
10	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:21.197	2.636	196.367	97
11	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:21.518	2.957	195.594	139
12	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	F111*	P	1:22.128	3.567	194.141	64

* 2011 car

Day 3, 9th February[]

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Tyres	Time	Gap	Avg Speed	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W02*	P	1:17.613		205.435	118
2	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	E20	P	1:18.419	0.806	203.323	117
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:19.297	1.684	201.072	96
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-27	P	1:19.464	1.851	200.649	80
5	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:19.734	2.121	199.970	79
6	Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:19.770	2.157	199.880	48
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:20.412	2.799	198.284	67
8	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:21.293	3.680	196.135	125
9	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:23.324	5.711	191.354	74
10	Jules Bianchi	Force India-Ferrari	VJM05	P	no time			2

* 2011 Car

Day 4, 10th February[]

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Tyres	Time	Gap	Avg Speed	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F2012	P	1:18.877		202.143	39
2	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR7	P	1:19.597	0.720	200.314	80
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	RB8	P	1:19.606	0.729	200.291	49
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-27	P	1:19.640	0.763	200.206	86
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	E20	P	1:19.729	0.852	199.982	95
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	C31	P	1:19.834	0.957	199.719	76
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	VJM05	P	1:19.977	1.100	199.362	90
8	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	FW34	P	1:20.132	1.255	198.977	124
9	Jarno Trulli	Caterham-Renault	CT01	P	1:22.198	3.321	193.976	117

V T E	2012 Formula One Season
Teams	Red Bull \| McLaren \| Ferrari \| Mercedes \| Lotus \| Force India \| Sauber \| Toro Rosso \| Williams \| Caterham \| HRT \| Marussia
Engines	Renault \| Mercedes \| Ferrari \| Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel \| 2 Webber \| 3 Button \| 4 Hamilton \| 5 Alonso \| 6 Massa \| 7 Schumacher \| 8 Rosberg \| 9 Räikkönen \| 10 Grosjean \| 10 D'Ambrosio \| 11 Di Resta \| 12 Hülkenberg \| 14 Kobayashi \| 15 Pérez \| 16 Ricciardo \| 17 Vergne \| 18 Maldonado \| 19 Senna \| 20 Kovalainen \| 21 Petrov \| 22 De la Rosa \| 23 Karthikeyan \| 24 Glock \| 25 Pic
Other Drivers	Buemi \| Paffett \| Turvey \| Rigon \| Bird \| Bianchi \| Daly \| Gutiérrez \| Bottas \| Wolff \| Van der Garde \| Rossi \| González \| Clos \| Luizzi \| de Villota \| Chilton
Cars	RB8 \| MP4-27 \| F2012 \| F1 W03 \| E20 \| VJM05 \| C31 \| STR7 \| FW34 \| CT01 \| F112 \| MR01
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia \| Malaysia \| China \| Bahrain \| Spain \| Monaco \| Canada \| Europe \| Britain \| Germany \| Hungary \| Belgium \| Italy \| Singapore \| Japan \| Korea \| India \| Abu Dhabi \| United States \| Brazil
Team Reports	Red Bull \| McLaren \| Ferrari \| Mercedes \| Lotus \| Force India \| Sauber \| Toro Rosso \| Williams \| Caterham \| HRT \| Marussia
Driver Reports	Vettel \| Webber \| Button \| Hamilton \| Alonso \| Massa \| Schumacher \| Rosberg \| Räikkönen \| Grosjean \| di Resta \| Hülkenberg \| Kobayashi \| Pérez \| Ricciardo \| Vergne \| Maldonado \| Senna \| Kovalainen \| Petrov \| de la Rosa \| Karthikeyan \| Karthikeyan \| Glock \| Pic
Tests	Jerez \| Barcelona 1 \| Barcelona 2 \| Mugello \| Young Driver
See also	2011 Formula One Season \| 2013 Formula One Season \| Bahrain GP protests \| Category

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Driver Running order[]

Best Times[]

Day 1, 7th February[]

Day 2, 8th February[]

Day 3, 9th February[]

Day 4, 10th February[]