Sunday: Spain's double world champion Fernando Alonso is the centre of attention in front of his home fans in Jerez but the Ferrari driver keeps his cool as F1 insiders say the Italian team are right on the pace
Sunday: It is a misty start to the final day in but Rubens Barrichello blasts through the gloom to lay down an early marker for Williams in a time of one minute, 19.832 seconds. The Brazilian's time won't be beaten.
Sunday: Just a glimpse of a Brazilian helmet and Bruno Senna as the 27-year-old tests for Renault. Senna finishes fifth in the timesheets but is a second slower than Nick Heidfeld, who drove for Renault on Saturday
Sunday: Jenson Button says he still had a useful day despite languishing in ninth place in the timings but McLaren see it differently describing day four as a "frustrating day of running"
Sunday: Virgin were running their 2011 car for the first time in Jerez. Jerome D'Ambrosio lost some time on Sunday with an engine problem but the team have a 'so-far-so-good' attitude
Saturday: Nick Heidfeld prepares to stake his claim to the job of stand-in for the injured Robert Kubica at Renault. He has been told the job is his if he impresses the team
Saturday: Out on the track, Heidfeld wastes little time proving his worth, quickly going 0.6secs faster than Renault race driver Vitaly Petrov had managed on Friday and going on to be fastest of all
Saturday: World champion Sebastian Vettel, sporting a new helmet design, takes the Red Bull over from team-mate Mark Webber and immediately sets the consistently quick times that have made it look the car to beat
Saturday: Lewis Hamilton is back in the McLaren and is out early but he faces a frustrating day as McLaren limit running because of a shortage of parts and the Englishman can manage only 36 laps
Saturday: Fernando Alonso starts a two-day programme for Ferrari and his presence draws a huge crowd to the track. He does not disappoint them by setting the fastest time early in the day, ending up second to Heidfeld
Saturday: Heikki Kovalainen takes the Lotus over from Jarno Trulli and sets some encouraging times - the car is just 1.350secs off Heidfeld's pace, a big improvement on 2010
Saturday: Scotland's Paul di Resta gets his first taste of the Force India car he will drive in his debut season - he is watched from the pits by cousins and fellow racing drivers Dario and Marino Franchitti
Friday: Jaime Alguersuari prepares to head out in the Toro Rosso. He has an 'off' early on, but recovers to set an impressive third fastest time in the early afternoon before being pushed down to fourth by Jenson Button
Friday: Felipe Massa has a second day in the Ferrari before handing over to team-mate Fernando Alonso for the weekend and continues where the team left off in Valencia - reliable and apparently fast
Friday: The clean lines of the Red Bull are apparent in this overhead shot of Mark Webber returning to the pits. The car continues to set impressive-looking lap times
Friday: Jenson Button gets his first taste of the new McLaren MP4-26 and its original lines and shaped sidepods are immediately apparent in the pits
Friday: But the early headlines are set by Michael Schumacher and Mercedes. The team have appeared to struggle so far but Schumacher sets the pace on day two
Friday: Force India reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg is not driving on Friday but he keeps an eye on team-mate Adrian Sutil's progress - and even has his overalls on ready
Friday: Renault had intended to try to complete a race distance with Vitaly Petrov on Friday but problems meant they ran out of time
Thursday: Pre-season testing resumes in Jerez and Lewis Hamilton is up early to showcase his new McLaren MP4-26, the car he hopes will help catapult him to a second F1 drivers' championship in 2011
Thursday: Renault driver Robert Kubica was seriously injured in a rallying accident on Sunday and all 11 of the teams testing in Jerez have the message "come back soon Robert" printed in Polish on their livery
Thursday: Renault show their support to Kubica by emblazoning a 'get well soon' message on the car, which will be driven by Vitaly Petrov for the first two days
Thursday: Force India pose with their new charger - the VJM04. Britain's Paul di Resta (left) is set for his debut season alongside Adrian Sutil of Germany
Thursday: Timo Glock gives the 2011 Virgin its on-track baptism in Jerez after reliability problems held up the team's start to the day
Thursday: World champion Sebastian Vettel took the Red Bull seat on day one in Valencia last week, but this time it's the turn of Mark Webber. The 34-year-old Australian is still in the hunt for a maiden Formula 1 title
Thursday: But it is Ferrari's Felipe Massa - another experienced driver yet to win an F1 championship - who jumps to the top of the timesheets with an early lap of one minute 20.709 seconds
Thursday: Heikki Kovalainen is just one of the drivers looking wistfully on from the sidelines on day one. The Finn will get his chance in the Team Lotus car on Saturday
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