Vettel quickest in Jerez F1 testing

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Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel during the third day of F1 testing in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, on February 7, 2013

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain (AFP) –

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel pictured on the third day of Formula One testing at the Jerez racetrack in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain, on February 7, 2013. Three-time defending world champion Vettel recorded the quickest time on Friday morning on the fourth and final day of testing ahead of the 2013 Formula One season.

Three-time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel recorded the quickest time here on Friday morning on the fourth and final day of testing ahead of the 2013 Formula One season.

Vettel, in the new Red Bull RB9 car, was just ahead of Mexico’s Esteban Gutierrez in a Sauber.

Gutierrez will make his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 17.

Lewis Hamilton was third-quickest in his Mercedes, while Spain’s Pedro De La Rosa made an inauspicious first appearance in a Ferrari.

He was forced to call a halt to his morning’s testing on just his second lap because of a gearbox problem.

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