Fernando Alonso posts fastest lap
JEREZ, Spain -- Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished with the fastest session Friday in Formula One's first preseason test.
The Spanish two-time world champion had a quickest lap of 1 minute, 18.877 seconds to go seven-tenths faster than the field.
The Italians rallied from a subdued start with the second-fastest time this week among 2012 designs. Alonso's running was restricted to 39 laps because of a hydraulics problem.
Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso was second Friday ahead of defending world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, whose best lap was 1:19.606.
Lewis Hamilton was fourth for McLaren in front of Lotus' Romain Grosjean, whose quickest lap on Thursday has so far set the pace for the 2012 cars.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press
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