Rubens Barrichello driving the 2005 Honda V10 for the first time set the fastest time of the day just a fraction ahead of Perdo de la Rosa in the McLaren V10. Marc Gene in the F2004 fitted with a V8 engine was 3rd fastest.

9 teams were present with 14 drivers setting lap times.

Rubens Barrichello's fastest time was a 1:16.731 with de la Rosa just one thousandths of a second behind!.
Once again Anthony Davidson covered the most number of laps with 106 laps.

There were several red flags during the test with Pedro de la Rosa suffering an engine failure, Christian Klien had a transmission

problem, Scott Speed had a fuel pressure problem while Williams continue to suffer from gearbox problems.
There were also a few minor spins during the day.

Rubens Barrichello started his testing duties with Honda Racing driving the 2005 car. He completed 45 laps before switching to the interim V8 powered Honda.

Fernando Alonso had his first taste of the R26. After a slow start due to muscular pain, he went on to set the fastest time by a 2006 specification car. He said "I had a very good first day in the R26 today. I was hoping that it would feel similar to the R25, because that was a very good car for the drivers. The good news for me is that the new car was still easy to drive, it was consistent when we did some longer runs, and we didn’t have any mechanical problems today. It was the first test with the new V8 engine, we didn’t have any problems, and the feeling was similar to the simulation we have been running this winter. That was good because it means we have already prepared well in our testing. The performance of the package felt good, although at such an early stage there are still lots of areas to improve. But this is the first January test with a brand new car. Taking that into account, I think we are in a strong position."

Ferrari, Toyota and Toro Rosso have concluded their testing at Jerez for this week.

Weather conditions were sunny with air temperature reaching 18 degrees while track temperatures reached 23 degrees.

Best Lap Times and lap records at Testing Tracks

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9

Formula 1 Team notes below

Driver	Team	Best Lap	Number of Laps
Rubens Barrichello	Honda V10	1:16.731	51
Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren V10	1:16.732	65
Marc Gene	Ferrari V8	1:18.566	95
Fernando Alonso	Renault V8*	1:18.706	72
Mark Webber	Williams V8	1:18.838	40
Ricardo Zonta	Toyota V8*	1:18.916	89
Nico Rosberg	Williams V8	1:19.048	49
Anthony Davidson	Honda V8	1:19.084	106
Jarno Trulli	Toyota V8*	1:19.164	97
Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault V10	1:19.462	78
Gary Paffett	McLaren V10	1:19.606	87
Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber V8	1:20.148	79
Scott Speed	Toro Rosso V10	1:21.035	64
Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing V8*	1:21.469	44

* Denotes car running in 2006 Specifications

Times according to the Jerez circuit

McLaren Test Notes	Ferrari Test Notes	Toyota Test Notes	Renault Test Notes
BMW Sauber Test Notes	Williams F1 Test Notes	Honda F1 Test Notes	Toro Rosso Test Notes

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