All 11 teams started a four day testing session at the Paul Ricard circuit in France on Tuesday focusing mostly on tyre choice for the May 27 Monaco grand prix.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton led the timesheets at the end of the day, which saw another Briton, James Rossiter, making his testing debut for Super Aguri. The following were the testing times.

1 . L. Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes - 1:05.699 - 98 laps 2 . R. Schumacher - Toyota - 1:06.920 (+ 1.221 ) - 96 laps 3 . N. Piquet - Renault - 1:07.056 (+ 1.357 ) - 125 laps 4 . M. Webber - Red Bull Renault - 1:07.161 (+ 1.462 ) - 121 laps 5 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota - 1:07.189 (+ 1.490 ) - 127 laps 6 . F. Massa - Ferrari - 1:07.271 (+ 1.572 ) - 94 laps 7 . C. Klien - Honda - 1:07.357 (+ 1.658 ) - 115 laps 8 . T. Glock - BMW Saube - 1:07.712 (+ 2.013 ) - 114 laps 9 . J. Rossiter - Super Aguri - 1:08.026 (+ 2.327 ) - 129 laps 10 . S. Speed - Toro Rosso Ferrari - 1:08.143 (+ 2.444 ) - 53 laps 11 . F. Fauzy - Spyker Ferrari - 1:09.443 (+ 3.744 ) - 74 laps.

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