Vettel sets the pace on day oneTuesday 22nd July 2008Sebastian Vettel clocked the fastest time on the first day of testing at Jerez in the South of Spain.
Vettel was one of only two current Formula One drivers to take to the track on Tuesday, and his fastest lap of 1:19.844 was more than three tenths of a second quicker than that of McLaren test driver Gary Paffett.
Ferrari's Luca Badoer, who was testing on slick tyres, was third fastest with 1:20.697.
"We completed our planned programme," Badoer is quoted by Autosport. "This morning it was important to go deeply into some technical elements to understand what happened last Sunday in Hockenheim.
"We picked up a lot of data, and that will continue over the next few days when we also test some solutions for the forthcoming races."
Williams' Nico Hulkenberg and Red Bull's Sebastien Buemi completed the top five. Jarno Trulli, the only other current F1 driver to test on Tuesday, was only seventh fastest.
The day will perhaps best be remembered for an incident in the BMW pits where a mechanic suffered an electric shock after he touched the car fitted with their Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS).
The Hinwil-based squad suspended testing for the rest of the day after the incident.
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