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Jul 26, 2008
JEREZ (Spain): Red Bull's Mark Webber had the fastest lap at a Formula One test session on Thursday, ending Torro Rosso's two-day reign. The Australian completed a best lap of 1:19.176 s around the 4.423-km Jerez circuit. "We've had a pretty good two days here. The car ran pretty reliably and we've clocked up some good mileage," said Webber, who was using the penultimate day of testing to prepare for next week's Hungarian Grand Prix. Nelson Piquet Jr. was next fastest with 1:19.334 in his Renault, one-tenth of a second quicker than Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. Ferrari have put serious emphasis on this week's four-day session in southern Spain following a disappointing weekend that saw them lose momentum to McLaren in Formula One's championship race. "We have done many tests over these two days to try and understand what happened...
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