Mar.6 (GMM) The penultimate group test of the 2009 pre-season concluded at Jerez on Thursday under windy and cloudy Spanish skies
As the formula one teams now prepare to head to Barcelona for the last official test outing before Australia, world champion Lewis Hamilton had the most notable incident of the day, crashing rearwards into a tyre barrier at low speed
McLaren said “a sudden gust of wind” had swept the Briton off the track
Kimi Raikkonen also beached his Ferrari in a gravel trap, but the Finn was a full eight tenths quicker than Hamilton by the end of the day, while BMW-Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld outpaced them both
Only six runners were in action, after both Renault and Force India ended their programmes on Wednesday
The Barcelona test begins on Monday
