Omg Omg Omg !!!!

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1  J. Villeneuve 	 Sauber 	 Michelin 	 01:22:061 	 74

2  N. Heidfeld  Williams  Michelin  01:22:430  96

3  V. Liuzzi  Red Bull  Michelin  01:22:631  68

4  C. Klien  Red Bull  Michelin  01:23:124  35

5  A. Pizzonia  Williams  Michelin  01:23:382  48

6  T. Sato  BAR  Michelin  01:24:114  44

7  G. Fisichella  Renault  Michelin  01:24:525  42

8  A. Wurz  McLaren  Michelin  01:24:700  48

9  F. Montagny  Renault  Michelin  01:24:774  41

10  A. van der Merwe  BAR  Michelin  01:25:446  36

11  R. Schumacher  Toyota  Michelin  01:26:200  54

12  L. Badoer  Ferrari  Bridgestone  01:27:553  38

13  M. Gen

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YES! Go JV . KEEP IT GOING( EVEN WHEN MS ARRIVES)

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Solid run for Heidfeld. Ahead of Pizza boy and completing 96 laps, should be considered for the race seat.

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Here is the report: from racing-live .com

Jerez: Villeneuve fastest

Followed by Heidfeld and Liuzzi

Just like yesterday, a Sauber finished at the top of the time sheets. This time it is Jacques Villeneuve, who took over from Felipe Massa in the Sauber C23.

Once again the track was wet most of the day and many drivers went off the road : Fisichella, Badoer, Schumacher, Doornbos, Montagny, Bernoldi, Gene and Liuzzi all made mistakes on the slippery Jerez circuit.

Jarno Trulli was supposed to drive today but the Italian suffered from an eye problem and had to visit a doctor. Jarno should be back in the c##Kpit of his Toyota tomorrow.

Jerez - 02/12/04

1. Jacques Villeneuve - Sauber Petronas - 1'22"061 - 74 laps

2. Nick Heidfeld - Williams BMW - 1'22"430 - 96 laps

3. Vitantonio Liuzzi - Red Bull Cosworth - 1'22"631 - 88 laps

4. Christian Klien - Red Bull Cosworth - 1'23"124 - 35 laps

5. Antonio Pizzonia - Williams BMW - 1'23"382 - 48 laps

6. Takuma Sato - BAR Honda - 1'24"115 - 44 laps

7. Giancarlo Fisichella - Renault - 1'24"525 - 42 laps

8. Alex Wurz - McLaren Mercedes - 1'24"700 - 48 laps

9. Franck Montagny - Renault - 1'24"774 - 41 laps

10. Alan Van Der Merwe - BAR Honda - 1'25"446 - 36 laps

11. Ralf Schumacher - Toyota - 1'26"200 - 54 laps

12. Luca Badoer - Ferrari - 1'27"553 - 61 laps

13. Marc Gene - Ferrari - 1'28"929 - 37 laps

14. Pedro de la Rosa - McLaren Mercedes - 1'29"697 - 23 laps

15. Robert Doornbos - Jordan Cosworth - 1'32"211 - 10 laps

16. James Rossiter - BAR Honda - 1'33"474 - 34 laps

17. Enrique Bernoldi - BAR Honda - 1'33"493 - 46 laps

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This story is only on a few websites at the moment

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Awesome results! I hope that success can carry over to the season!

[Sato 0]

why so excited? its just a test session.....

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thats very true Sato but the top 4 is a bit of a change with JV going fastest the Heidfeld then Liuzzi then Klien thats a good result for Red Bull and i hope Williams pick Heidfeld over AP because Heidfeld is a racer and not just a tester like AP.

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why so excited? its just a test session.....

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From what I know, they don't turn up to a test to drive slow. They drive flat out and as fast as they can. It's exciting in that JV is getting used to the car very quickly and for the prospects ahead. Sauber have had a very good car for sometime but have never really showed their potential. Maybe switching to Michellins will change this.

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They go to test to try different things. Sauber are just testing tyres, with a 2004 spec car. Others have cars with most of the 05 specs. Some run more fuel, some run less. Its a test they don't all have the same situation like at a race.

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develop the all round prfromance of the car, more like.

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being 1st in a test session means nothing.

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I don't think it means nothing. All the F1 new websites post who was fastest on a test day. I does mean something. But you are right in that teams are testing different parts, setups, tyres and so on.

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being 1st in a test session means nothing.

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Don't agree.

It gives confidence, especially to a driver like JV who is effectively returning to F1.

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From F1-racing.net

Jerez Day 4: Villeneuve still fastest

Jacques Villeneuve continued to set the pace on the fourth day of testing this week at Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain. On another wet day at Jerez Villeneuve's time of 1m28.345s was the clear quickest - 0.8s ahead of Ferrari's Luca Badoer.

Marc Gen

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JV fastest for the past 2 days. Massa fastest the day before JV. Regardless of whether other teams are testing newer slower parts of not, they have to be slightly concerned with how Sauber are doing. 2005 is going to be one of the best in memory with all the drivers changes and so on. I can't wait. JV and Massa could podium next year if they keep up these incredible performances. JV has to be grinning from ear to ear right now. The Suaber is rock solid in terms of stability. Good things do come to nice guys afterall. JV I'm happy for you right now.

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JV has to be grinning from ear to ear right now.  The Suaber is rock solid in terms of stability.  Good things do come to nice guys afterall.  JV I'm happy for you right now.

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It is not only JV who is grinnin ear to ear. I am too and nojvnof1 will be too and so will all his die hard fans.

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in the late nighties didn't arrow have a period in the off season of toping test sessions, wonder whatever happened to them......

It means nothing.

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being 1st in a test session means nothing.

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it gives bragging rights come start of new seasion

[nojvnof1 0]

Villeneuve...P1. Has a nice ring to it doesn't it??!! Oh who cares what they're testing, let's just enjoy seeing JV on top of the timesheets, it hasn't happened in a while, and let's face reality, won't happen all that much in the future barring some extraordinary circumstances (of which I hope there are many!! ). The fact that JV did these times in the wet is great as JV is not renowned for his wet weather skills. As far as what the team is testing, they're doing mostly tyre tests to make decisions on whether to make any alterations on next years car due to the new Michelin tyres. These tests will help the team even more so as they won't test until mid Jan next year. But what a way to end the year for Jacques. Out of a drive at the start, then on goes out on top, what a champ!!

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Solid run for Heidfeld. Ahead of Pizza boy and completing 96 laps, should be considered for the race seat.

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I have no doubt about that, Heidfeld is not one of the best but he is clearly better than AP. I think he (MH) would drive instead of AP next year

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Yeah an he has the last laugh too. DR is out JV is on P1 this is marvellous.

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hey an article finally quoting what JV had said

from speed-tv.com

On a day most teams ran little because of poor track conditions, Jacques Villeneuve begged to differ. The French-Canadian needed 81 laps to score the fastest time of the third day of F1 testing at Jerez de la Frontera. Sauber drivers topped the three days so far, as JV was quickest yesterday with Felipe Massa leading the day before.

"I forgot what it was like to be at the top of the timesheets,” joked Villeneuve. “But I've got a lot of training coming up over Christmas. I'm only taking a few days off, the rest of the days I will be training extremely hard," admitted the 1997 World Champion, who thinks he’s still far from his best physical form.

Villeneuve’s closest chasers were Luca Badoer and Marc Gene in the Ferrars, with Ralf Schumacher setting the fourth quickest lap in the only Toyota to go on-track today - Jarno Trulli was sidelined after a small metal shard entered his eye yesterday, demanding minor surgery. The Italian driver should be back next week.

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it gives bragging rights come start of new seasion

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Come round 1 its worthless unless you perform very good.

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Button had fantastic testing last year and he had a great season.