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Raikkonen flies at Jerez

Kimi Raikkonen was Monday's fastest driver out on track in Jerez. The Ferrari driver completed 59 laps with a fastest time of 1.19.856, which was three tenths of a second ahead of his team-mate Felipe Massa. Vettel was the fastest man in a 2007 car in fourth position.

The first day out of a three-day test in the South of Spain started on a wet track. Through-out the day through the track dried fortunately. The Toyota team gave its new TF108 car an official testing debut today following a successful roll-out at the same track yesterday (Sunday). "The main target today was to get information and data about the new car, how it behaves and how it reacts to changes, and we achieved that in both wet and dry conditions," explained Toyota's general chassis manager Pascal Vasselon.

Five out of the 14 F1 drivers were completing their laps today in the 2008 car. They were; Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Pedro de la Rosa, Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli.

The teams will continue testing on Tuesday.

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• 05 Sep.
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  • Massa tops first free practice at Spa
  • Photos: Friday at Spa-Francorchamps
  • Vettel to test Red Bull this month
• 04 Sep.
  • Massa eyes up vital six final races
  • Raikkonen hopes for dry weekend
  • Photos: Thursday at Spa-Francorchamps
  • Coulthard: The engines make the difference
• 03 Sep.
  • Bridgestone going hard on Spa
  • Former Albers manager teams up with Doornbos
  • Massa: Beating Raikkonen will be difficult at Spa
  • Belgian Grand Prix technical preview
• 02 Sep.
  • Raikkonen: I need a good result at Spa
  • Button: Spa is just great!
  • Brawn hopes for mixed weather conditions
  • Toro Rosso invites Sato and Buemi for test
  • Glock hoping to score more points
  • Renault not giving up on fourth
  • Piquet determined to score at Spa
• 01 Sep.
  • Ecclestone supports Mosley
  • Trulli expects another strong weekend
  • Alonso determined to bounce back
  • Cregan to leave Toyota at end of season
  • Belgian Grand Prix snap shot
  • Mercedes boss expects tight end to season
• 31 Aug.
  • Alonso pleased with test progress
  • Honda still looking for Monza set up
• 30 Aug.
  • Force India eyes Honda after test progress
  • BMW boss wants both cars in the points
  • Aero updates for McLaren at Spa
  • Heidfeld in determined mood for Spa
• 29 Aug.
  • Hamilton finishes test on top
  • Another accolade for Frank Williams
  • Hamilton relishing Spa challenge
  • Photos: Friday in Monza
  • Former champion Phil Hill passes away
  • Alonso happy with first day at wheel
  • Rosberg hopeful of upward trend
• 28 Aug.
  • Heidfeld on top at Monza
  • Photos: Thursday in Monza

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