Heidfeld tops final day of testing at Jerez

Nick Heidfeld posted the fastest time on the final day of testing at the Jerez circuit with a best time of 1:20.052, over three tenths of a second ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton was third quickest, but over a second off Heidfeld's pace, the Briton completing just 58 laps. The world champion lost control of his car and ended up crashing backwards and damaging his McLaren's rear wing.

Willy Rampf, BMW Sauber Technical Coordinator, said: "The ever changing weather made it quite difficult to do continuous work during the Jerez test. Nevertheless we achieved the main targets of our development program. Basically we concentrated on set-up work and evaluation of new components. Running the BMW Sauber F1.09 for the first time in full wet conditions was a valuable experience as well. In addition on one of the days we had the chance to test the 2010 specification tires. Now we will have a busy weekend working out the program for the last pre-season test in Barcelona next week. Then we will also have a complete race simulation and pit-stop practice on the schedule."

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