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Kovalainen drives McLaren to top of Jerez test times

Indexed: Fri Jul 25, 2008 @ 08:15:04PM 1 month 1 week ago

Heikki Kovalainen broke the Red Bull family grip on quicks Friday during the final day of Formula One testing at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The Finn drove the McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 to a fast lap of 1 minute, 18.385 seconds, best of a four-day test on the 2.84-mile circuit. Kovalainen covered 83 laps using various aerodynamic attachments, incloding horn wings on the nose. He worked in southern Spain's typically warm summer conditions, track temps reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais, the defacto American in the ...

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Source: Motorsport.com - http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=299947
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