This week the F1 GP teams came to the Cheste circuit near Valencia to try out their new cars and give their drivers a chance for some practice before the start of the new season. We joined a partisan crowd of 30,000 on the last day to watch Alonso setting the fastest lap time, Schumacher familiarising himself with the Mercedes and Button driving for McClaren for the first time. The Williams, Sauber and Renault teams were also out on the track in the winter sunshine.
It was an exciting day – our first experience of seeing F1 cars ‘live’ – and the speed with which they took the bend at the end of the pit straight was awesome. You can read the official story of the day on the F1 web site.
Renault leads up to turn 2
Alonso sets best time of the day
Side by side coming up to turn 2
Jensen Button in the McClaren-Mercedes
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