Fernando Alonso's Ferrari overcame heavy rain which eventually triggered a premature end to the session to top the times at the first in-season Formula One testing since 2008, at Mugello.
Despite Alonso’s win in Malaysia, Ferrari have had a lowkey start by their high standards to the season, yet Alonso is still just 10 points off championship leader Sebastian Vettel in fifth.
Fernando Alonso
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With only one hour of action out on the circuit before lunch Alonso put in a time of 1min 22.444sec edging Mark Webber’s Red Bull by over one second.
Several teams including McLaren and Lotus fielded their reserve drivers in the only three-day testing session held outside race weekends. Team HRT were missing from testing here.
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