Schedule for first F1 test at Jerez

Formula 1’s first pre-season test will kick off with 11 teams at Jerez on Tuesday, with only Marussia not running.

The Spanish circuit has issued a running order for the opening of the winter tests, with nine news cars set to run for the first time.

Mercedes GP is running last year’s car but using its three days of running to evaluate tyres, while HRT is only running Pedro de la Rosa in its 2011 challenger on the first two days.

The full running order is:

Team----------Tuesday-------------Wednesday----Thursday----Friday
Sauber         Kobayashi            Perez        Perez       Kobayashi
Ferrari        Massa                Massa        Alonso      Alonso
Force India    di Resta             di Resta     Hulkenberg  Hulkenberg
Caterham       TBA                  TBA          TBA         TBA
McLaren        Button               Button       Hamilton    Hamilton
Mercedes       Rosberg/Schumacher   Schumacher   Rosberg     -
Red Bull       Webber               Webber       Vettel      Vettel
Lotus          Raikkonen            Raikkonen    Grosjean    Grosjean
Toro Rosso     Ricciardo            Ricciardo    Vergne      Vergne
Williams       Maldonado            Maldonado    Senna       Senna
HRT            de la Rosa           de la Rosa   -           -

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