Vettel top of testing at Hungarian GP

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel topped the first of four days of testing in Jerez in preparation for next month’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

The German’s time of one minute 19.844 seconds put him ahead of McLaren test driver Gary Paffett by one-third of a second.

Luca Badoer used a slick tyre run in the afternoon to set the third fastest time of 1min 20.697secs for Ferrari, with Williams tester Nico Hulkenberg and his Red Bull opposite number Sebastien Buemi both lapping in the 1:20.9 range.

Jarno Trulli was the only other regular race driver in action, with Alex Wurz in the Honda and Christian Klien in the BMW Sauber in eighth and ninth places respectively.