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Force India – Young driver testing in Jerez day two – morning round-up

December 2, 2009 by Christine  
Filed under Press Releases

Paul di Resta continued his test for the Force India F1 Team today in Jerez. The young Scot took to the Spanish track this morning to make strong progress on his Force India debut yesterday afternoon.

After completing installation runs and some initial set up work, Paul went on to run some 2010 development items and conduct some fuel system evaluation. The 23-year-old posted the second quickest time of the morning, 1:19.411, and 57 laps.

JR Hildebrand will take over for this afternoon’s session.

Morning times (at 13:00hrs)

1. Gary Paffett (McLaren), 1:19.040
2. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), 1:19.243
3. Paul di Resta (Force India), 1:19.411
4. Esteban Gutierrez (BMW), 1:20.450
5. Mike Conway (Brawn-Mercedes), 1:20.590
6. Ho-Pin Tung (Renault), 1:21.492
7. Mirko Bortolotti (Toro Rosso), 1:21.761
8. Nico Hulkenberg (Williams), 1:21.814
9. Jules Bianchi (Ferrari),1:23.340