Alonso brings Jerez test to an end

The final day at Jerez would see dry running once again as Fernando Alonso at the wheel of the Ferrari F10 brought an end to this test session for Ferrari. The weather and it being a weekend would also see the grandstands a lot more busy as the Spanish public came to see their local hero in action for the Scuderia.

The testing programme today for Ferrari was once again to work on the set up of the F10,as well as completing a race distance in the afternoon, both of these were achieved as Alonso covered a total of 137 laps with a best time of 1.20.436. Ferrari have confirmed on twitter that they have yet to do any low fuel qualifying runs, so the pace shown already by the F10 is encouraging to see. Alonso's stint in the afternoon was very consistent which shows the car is performing well with the new Bridgestone tyres.

Alonso was once again very positive about the car and was quoted in the Spanish media as saying it is the best car he has ever had in Formula One which is quite a glowing praise for the F10. Alonso also confirmed that Ferrari have yet to show all their cards and that he expects the main challenge to come from Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes.

"I think that someone showed his muscles today, while we didn’t," commented Alonso referring to Button's quickest lap time. "We’ll see in Barcelona when we’ll show up with the latest updates where we are compared to the others. We can say that we’re on the right way. Over these two days in the dry I could drive many miles and I’m satisfied by the car’s performance and reliability. The F10 is growing very well and there’s nothing that should worry us. We worked on the long run today and the signs we got are really positive. Naturally we have to improve, because we’re not at the maximum, but we’re getting there. Where we have to improve? There’s always something to do, but telling you would mean I’d be like a goalie telling you about his weak point so all the strikers would hit there!"

Ferrari will now head home to pour over the data this test has produced before heading to the final test on the pre-season at Barcelona on the 25th of February until the 28th. Ferrari confirmed to us on twitter that we will see "something" new on the aerodynamics at the Barcelona test, and also that there will be no extra test day granted after teams had lost time due to the rain in Jerez.

Fernando Alonso will be driving on the 25th and 26th while Felipe Massa will finish the testing on the 27th and 28th.