Day One of Engine Manufacturer Test sees Gojira on top

Gojira Autosport started the 2015 FF1M Season on the right foot as they claimed the top three placings on the opening day of pre-season testing at Monza.

Team newcomer Jean-Eric Vergne set the fastest time of the day, the only driver to break into the one minute nineteen second bracket on the way to completing 46 laps, three tenths of a second ahead of Robert Kubica who completed just 28 laps on his return to the team after a spell at Andrew Racing. Interestingly Vergne’s time was set on the new Soft compound Pirelli tyre whilst Kubica’s time was set on the Medium compound. Rookie James Clark impressed onlookers, completing the top three also on Soft compound tyres.

Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel could only manage fourth fastest in the Shake n Bake, although he was running on the Hard tyre, ahead of team mate Kamui Kobayashi in fifth, and the remaining Gojira piloted by Mattia Alfonsi with both drivers on Mediums.

The fastest FJR runner was Cristobal Alvarez in 8th, narrowly pipping the leading Tornado of Fernando Alonso in 9th. Meanwhile it seems that Willows have fallen behind somewhat over the winter with their fastest driver Nico Rosberg 12th fastest.

Testing continues tomorrow.

Engine Manufacturer Test (Day 1)

POS	NUM	DRIVER NAME	NAT	TEAM	ENGINE	MAN	TYRE	LAPTIME	LAPS
1	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	FR	Gojira	Mugen	M	S	1m 19.889s	46
2	88	Robert Kubica	PL	Gojira	Mugen	M	M	1m 20.288s	28
3	69	James Clark	GB	Gojira	Mugen	M	S	1m 20.417s	46
4	1	Sebastian Vettel	DE	Shakenbake	Megatron	M	H	1m 20.492s	29
5	10	Kamui Kobayashi	JP	Shakenbake	Megatron	M	M	1m 20.562s	40
6	71	Mattia Alfonsi	IT	Gojira	Mugen	M	M	1m 20.621s	44
7	53	Itsuki Yoshida	JP	Shakenbake	Megatron	M	H	1m 20.623s	35
8	56	Cristobal Alvarez	UY	Fjr	Judd	M	S	1m 20.739s	44
9	14	Fernando Alonso	ES	Tornado	Climax	M	S	1m 20.791s	37
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	DK	Fjr	Judd	M	S	1m 20.965s	46
11	51	Tomas Gonzalez	AR	Tornado	Climax	M	S	1m 20.985s	40
12	6	Nico Rosberg	DE	Willows	Ilmor	M	S	1m 21.01s	47
13	94	Pascal Wehrlein	DE	Shakenbake	Megatron	M	M	1m 21.042s	40
14	72	Vaino Kimminen	FI	Tornado	Climax	M	S	1m 21.196s	38
15	30	Charles Pic	FR	Fjr	Judd	M	S	1m 21.218s	30
16	99	Adrian Sutil	DE	Tornado	Climax	M	S	1m 21.316s	43
17	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	BE	Willows	Ilmor	M	M	1m 21.414s	28
18	54	Benjamin Pryor	GB	Fjr	Judd	M	S	1m 21.727s	31
19	31	Esteban Ocon	FR	Willows	Ilmor	M	H	1m 21.754s	29
20	73	Oliver Rowland	GB	Willows	Ilmor	M	H	1m 22.272s	32