After Day 1 was more or less washed out by wet weather, and the teams unable to gather any information of real use, the skies cleared up in Jerez and allowed for some dry running. However, after a generally reliable first test in Valencia, a few of the teams began to feel the bite of technical issues of a new car.

The most high-profile of these was new-boys Virgin, as they had to stop on 11 laps into testing when Glock’s front wing fell off. That’s a pretty scary statement to admit...

The Formula 1 2010 season officially kicked off last week, with the first of 4 winter tests. Since in-season testing is still banned, this is crucial for all the teams, in order to evaluate their 2010 cars. I shall be looking over the first test, judging on which teams are looking pretty good, and also what to expect from the second test, which begins tomorrow.

Ferrari
As with any first test of a new F1 car, it is very much an initial shakedown, and few definitive comparisons...