Klien on top at Jerez

BMW Sauber's third driver Christian Klien was the fastest man on track on the first day of testing at Jerez on Wednesday.

Vettel second quickest for Red Bull

BMW Sauber's third driver Christian Klien was the fastest man on track on the first day of testing at Jerez on Wednesday. It was the second day that BMW Sauber were in action on the Spanish track after they, along with Williams and Honda, gave runs to young prospects Marko Asmer, Dani Clos and Mike Conway on Tuesday. Klien completed 84 laps, clocking a fastest time of one minute 19.537 seconds. His time was three-tenths quicker than Formula One's man of the moment, Sebastian Vettel. Italian Grand Prix winner Vettel was testing for Red Bull as the team look to acclimatise him in the RB4 prior to his joining them next season. Vettel's current team, Toro Rosso, set the third fastest time of the day with GP2 driver Sebastien Buemi behind the wheel. Buemi and former Super Aguri, Honda and Jordan driver Takuma Sato are being evaluated by STR as they look for a replacement for Vettel. McLaren's Gary Paffett, Toyota's Kamui Kobayashi and Lucas di Grassi from Renault were fourth, fifth and sixth respectively and were separated by just sixth tenths of a second. Honda test driver Alex Wurz was seventh quickest, with Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima propping up the timesheets. Jerez testing, Wednesday: 1 C. Klien BMW Sauber 01:19.537 84
2 S. Vettel Red Bull 01:19.878 60
3 S. Buemi Toro Rosso 01:20.209 88
4 G. Paffett McLaren 01:20.602 52
5 K. Kobayashi Toyota 01:20.759 94
6 L. Di Grassi Renault 01:20.853 90
7 A. Wurz Honda 01:21.123 71
8 K. Nakajima Williams 01:23.171 61