A round-up of the first week of testing at the Circuito de Jerez where Felipe Massa set the pace but Sauber had perhaps the most productive week, racking up 430 laps over their four days, an impressive 252 of them by Esteban Gutiérrez on his debut…

Viva F1’s Factfile ahead of the first session of Formula One winter testing at the Circuito de Jerez where the sun is expected to shine, presenting ideal conditions for the teams to set-up their 2013 challengers…

The first week of testing of 2012 ended with Lotus’ Romain Grosjean setting the quickest lap of this year’s cars. The team also racked up the most mileage – an impressive 404 laps over the four days. However, that pace wasn’t always apparent and for the majority of the week more circumspect lap times were put in by Grosjean and team mate Kimi Raikkonen.

The 2012 season starts here – the first test at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain which promises to be sunny. On the first day, Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Felipe Massa have the honour of taking their respective 2012 cars out on track for their first serious outings. In all, eleven of the twelve teams will be present, with only Marussia absent…

Over the four days of the second group test, four different driver and car combinations set the fastest time, underlining how impossible it is to read any real performance into the lap times, although Ferrari consistently figured near the top of the time sheets. Remaining dry for all but the final few minutes of the meeting, all the teams, with notable absence of Hispania, were running their 2011 challengers…

Pictures from the second test session at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain as all the teams, with the exception of Hispania, hit the track with their 2011 cars…