Sutil comes up with fifth best lap time

Jerez (Spain), March 4 (PTI) Force India driver Adrian
Sutil made an impressive start with the new Mercedes
engine-driven VJM02 car, finishing fifth in test drive with
best lap time of 1 min 20:621 at the Jerez de La Frontera
circuit here.

Sutil managed 63 laps and was within one seconds of
Toyota's Timo Glock who completed 141 laps with quickest lap
time of 1:19.814 among eight drivers who tested on the third
day Tuesday.

The young German was lucky to have tested on a dry track
while his more experienced team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella had
to counter wet conditions for the two consecutive days.

"I think today was a good day," said Sutil. "It was
important to get into the car again and to get confident. The
car was OK. There is definitely potential, and we were able to
do more mileage and find some reliability in the afternoon.

"In the morning we had a little problem but we could fix
it over lunch and start to do our programme. The tyres
dominate a lot and the different compounds react differently.
You have to find a good set up and get them to work and that
is where we are concentrated now.

"We had some instability on the rear and oversteer, but
we will see tomorrow. We are at least more reliable and can
try and get some real mileage on the car now."

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa covered a massive 134 laps on
his way to the second fastest time of the day, over four
tenths of a second behind Glock, with 1:20.238.

Renault's Fernando Alonso was the busiest man on track,
completing 152 laps and best lap time of 1:20.296.

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen (1:20.535) posted the fourth
quickest time ahead of Sutil. PTI PDS
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