Testing in Jerez Live – Day 3

Third day and penultimate day of the first winter testing sessions of the Formula 1 season at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit for ten of the eleven teams that will participate in the Australian Grand Prix scheduled for March 18th. After a relatively uneventful first day but dominated by Kimi Räikkönen in his Ferrari, the second day saw the beginning of intensive running and a best performance set by Jenson Button in the McLaren, while Mercedes clocked laps like threading pearls.

From these first two days, noteworthy are the accident of Lewis Hamilton, on Tuesday, which left the Mercedes in the garage until Wednesday afternoon, but also, and especially, the difficulties faced by the teams powered by the Renault hybrid engine, with electronic problems expected to be resolved for today’s session.

For this third day, the following will be on track, unless the schedule changes: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Jenson Button (morning) / Kevin Magnussen (afternoon) (McLaren), Nico Hülkenberg (Force India), Adrian Sutil (Sauber), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Felipe Massa (Williams), Jules Bianchi (Marussia), and Robin Frijns (Caterham). With the Marussia MR03 having arrived in Jerez, its presentation and debut are expected to take place. You can also find the complete testing schedule, even if it has already been quite disrupted.

The tests not being televised, the MotorsInside editorial team will hold a textual live feed throughout the day to keep you informed of the on-track activity. The tests will begin at 9:00 am and end at 5:00 pm.