Jerez, Spain, 4 March: Lewis Hamilton faces the press as he prepares for the latest round of testing

Hamilton manages just 70 laps on a windy day at the Circuit de Jerez

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher takes in the action from the Ferrari pit wall

Kimi Raikkonen impresses in the Ferrari, setting the second best time of the day

Former world champion Fernando Alonso sets a blistering lap to top the timesheets in the Renault

Jerez, Spain, 12 February: World champion Lewis Hamilton takes time out from testing the new McLaren to pose for photos with fans

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, testing for Renault in his homeland, is naturally a big draw, too

On the track, Kazuki Nakajima of Japan puts the Williams car through its paces and impresses

But Hamilton is the one to catch, clocking the fastest time as he completes 93 laps in the MP4-24,

Not such good news for Ferrari and Felipe Massa in Bahrain, as their test is halted by a sand storm

Jerez, Spain, 11 February: Mark Webber speaks to Red Bull boss Christian Horner ahead of his much-anticipated return to the track

Only 81 days since breaking his leg in a cycling accident, Aussie Webber is back in an F1 car

Webber's testing session in Spain keeps the 32-year-old on track for the Australian Grand Prix on 29 March

While Webber is busy on the track, new team-mate Sebastian Vettel takes time out for the cameras

McLaren's world champion Lewis Hamilton is due to test on Thursday. Meanwhile, he attends an event in Paris with boss Ron Dennis (left) and Alain Prost (right)

Jerez, Spain, 10 February: Heikki Kovalainen braves the wet conditions in his McLaren MP4-24

But after advice from his predecessor David Coulthard on Tuesday, Red Bull's Vettel goes quickest of the new cars in action

Switzerland's Sebastien Buemi (in the car behind Vettel's), a newcomer in 2009, is quickest overall in the 2008 Toro Rosso

Bahrain, 10 February: Fog delays the action in Bahrain, leaving Ferrari's Felipe Massa kicking his heels

When the sun does appear, Massa finds himself overshadowed by Toyota's Timo Glock, who clocks the day's fastest time of 1:33.501

BMW's Robert Kubica - fourth in last year's drivers' standings - is also left trailing in Glock's wake