Alonso fastest on Jerez Test Final Day

Fernando Alonso was 0.7s clear of the field but completed the least amount of laps © Press Association

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Fernando Alonso set the quickest time of the final day of testing but it wasn't a smooth day for Ferrari as the F2012 only completed 39 laps.

Alonso set the headline time of 1:18.877 during an encouraging morning, but was consigned to the garage for much of the afternoon. He did rejoin late in the day to complete a further run but despite the quick lap Ferrari is likely to be frustrated at the lack of running.

Jean-Eric Vergne was second in the Toro Rosso on a 1:19.597 as the next seven cars were covered by half a second. Red Bull also lost track time but Sebastian Vettel recovered from electrical trouble in the morning to complete 50 laps and set the third fastest time just 0.009s slower than Vergne, while Lewis Hamilton was fourth in the MP4-27, another 0.034s further back.

Romain Grosjean was fifth on a 1:19.729 - unable to match his time set yesterday which remained the fastest lap of the week. Kamui Kobayashi's best lap was a 1:19.834, but he lost some track time in the afternoon due to a hydraulic problem. Nico Hulkenberg's first day in the Force India saw him seventh quickest with a 1:19.977, closely followed by the productive Bruno Senna who completed 124 laps.

Despite covering the most miles, Senna caused two of the three red flags during the day by stopping out on track, while Kobayashi's problem also saw the session temporarily halted.

Jarno Trulli propped up the timesheets two seconds off the pace in the Caterham, but got plenty of mileage under his belt as he lapped 117 times in a best of 1:22.198.

Times

	Driver	Car	Time	Laps
1.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F2012	1:18.877	39
2.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso STR7	1:19.597	80
3.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB8	1:19.606	50
4.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren MP4-27	1:19.640	86
5.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus E20	1:19.729	95
6.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber C31	1:19.834	76
7.	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM05	1:19.977	90
8.	Bruno Senna	Williams FW34	1:20.132	125
9.	Jarno Trulli	Caterham CT01	1:22.198	117

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