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Live: Valencia Testing - Day Three (February 2010)

It's all change at Circuit Ricardo Tormo today, not one single driver who was lapping the circuit on Tuesday is expected to take part in today's action. Michael Schumacher will return to the cockpit of the W01, Jenson Button get's his first taste of McLaren machinery while local hero Fernando Alonso will make himself comfortable at Ferrari.

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Fernando Alonso takes to the track for his first test in the red and white Ferrari F10.

Other things to look out for are Vitaly Petrov making his debut with Renault and Nico Hulkenberg at the controls of the FW32. The fans eyes though will be firmly fixed on Fernando.

On track action begins at 10am CET (9am GMT).

Circuit Information

• Track length: 4.051km
• Corners: 14
• Lap record (unofficial): 1:08.544 (Anthony Davidson, Honda, 2006)

The Circuit Ricardo Tormo circuit is located to the East of Spain, not far from Valencia.

Drivers and Teams Attending

We are expecting to see the following drivers and teams in action today:

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Jenson Button test the McLaren MP4-25 for the first time.

Useful Links

• Official Circuit Homepage
• F1 Direct (live updates)
• Motor 21 (live updates)
• The F1.com (timing updates)
• F1 Today (timing updates)

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Michael Schumacher wears a new black helmet testing the Mercedes in Valencia.

F1 People Who Are Tweeting from Valencia

• Claire Williams - AT&T Williams
• The Fifth Driver - Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
• Toro Rosso Spy - Scuderia Toro Rosso
• Sarah Holt - BBC
• Edd Straw - Autosport
• Jon Noble - Autosport
• Alex Comerford - F1Photos.org
• Craig Scarborough - Scarbs F1

Don't forget you can follow Twitter lists containing tweets from F1 Teams, F1 Drivers and the F1 Media for up to the minute information.

Additionally, James Allen recently launched a handy Twitter aggregation service and we recommend you take a look.

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Nico Hülkenberg in the Williams.

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