Since the Valencia meeting last week – when only 7 teams attended the first test of the season – three more teams have revealed their single-seaters for the 2010 season of Formula One. Virgin Racing showed their VR-01 last Wednesday, during an online presentation of the team, while Force India released the first pictures of their VJM03 during the course of this morning.
Additionally, Red Bull Racing have also confirmed their presence at the Jerez testing with their RB6 model, although the car is yet to be unveiled to the media. The presentation will likely take place tomorrow morning, before Red Bull's garage at Jerez.
Consequently, there will be 10 teams present at this week's test, all with their official lineups for the 2010 season. Unlike at Valencia, the test/reserve drivers will not get to take the wheel of their team's challengers on track this week.
So here is the order the drivers will test their machines this week, unless internal changes will take place or weather will drop by to cause chaos in the testing calendar:
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso (Wednesday/Thursday), Felipe Massa (Friday/Saturday)
Mercedes GP: Nico Rosberg (Wednesday/Friday), Michael Schumacher (Thursday/Saturday)
McLaren Mercedes: Jenson Button (Wednesday/Thursday), Lewis Hamilton (Friday/Saturday)
Red Bull Renault: Mark Webber (Wednesday/Thursday), Sebastian Vettel (Friday/Saturday)
BMW Sauber: Kamui Kobayashi (Wednesday/Thursday), Pedro de la Rosa (Friday/Saturday)
Williams F1: Nico Hulkenberg (Wednesday/Thursday), Rubens Barrichello (Friday/Saturday)
Renault F1: Vitaly Petrov (Wednesday/Thursday), Robert Kubica (Friday/Saturday)
Force India Mercedes: Vitantonio Liuzzi (Wednesday/Thursday), Adrian Sutil (Friday/Saturday)
Toro Rosso: Sebastien Buemi (Wednesday/Thursday), Jaime Alguersuari (Friday/Saturday)
Virgin Racing: Timo Glock (Wednesday/Thursday), Lucas di Grassi (Friday/Saturday)
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