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Alonso sets the fastest time on Ferrari debut

03 February 2010 @ 12:10 GMT - Max Moore Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap time at Valencia in Spain where he made his Ferrari debut on Wednesday. The Spanish driver did not take long to get up to speed in front of an estimated 25 000 strong crowed. He set a time of 1:11.599 seconds in the cool morning conditions and was one tenth quicker than teammate Felipe Massa's fastest lap time over the first two days. Sauber's Perdo de la Rosa was running second again to show the speed of the new Sauber. Mercedes GP's Michael Schumacher was third quickest on his first full day of testing. Schumacher is concentrating on heavy fuel runs today. Jenson Button was also in action for the McLaren team and drove the new car for the first time. He spent a lot of time in the pits working on his seat position.