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Massa Posted By: James Allen  |  03 Feb 2011   |  5:57 pm
GMT  |  94 comments  The first F1 test of the new season in
Valencia test drew to a close today after three days with Robert
Kubica setting the fastest time in the radical new Renault car.
The Pole set a fastest lap of 1m 13.144s on the second lap of a
six lap run, the fastest time of the week’s test. Interestingly
the tyre drop off on the following lap was 1.4 seconds. Adrian
Sutil was second fastest in the 2010 Force India car, setting
his time on the second lap of a four lap run, ahead of Jenson
Button in the 2010 McLaren.  Photo: Renault  In the afternoon
Kubica did a 24 lap run with reasonably consistent laps in the
high 1m 16s range. Like many other drivers Kubica has commented
on the steep degradation on the new Pirelli tyres, but this
afternoon’s run will have been quite encouraging for Renault.
Pirelli’s Paul Hembery indica