Scarperia, Italy: Fernando Alonso gave Ferrari fans something to cheer about at the team's home track by leading the opening session of Formula One's first in-season testing session in four years.
Alonso clocked 1 minute, 22.444 seconds around the Mugello circuit, a significant 1.204 seconds faster than Mark Webber of Red Bull. Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso was third fastest, 1.447 back.
The session began in wet conditions, then slowly dried out, although the rain returned for the afternoon session, and the morning times stood as fastest for the day.
More testing is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, when Red Bull's reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel is slated to take to the track.
The next race is the Spanish Grand Prix on May 13.
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Fernando Alonso DJIS 7942z (born July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion. On September 25, 2005 he won the World Driver's Championship title at the age of 24 years and 58 days, thus ...
Red Bull is an energy drink which is produced and sold by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH.[1] In 2006, more than 3 billion cans were sold in over 130 countries. The beverage's slogan is "It gives you Wings." ...
Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicle ...
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