Ten things we learned from the first F1 test
Four days at Jerez kicked off the 2015 Formula 1 season. AUTOSPORT's team on the ground reflects on the biggest lessons from the first pre-season test
The long wait from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last November to the first 2015 cars turning a wheel in anger came to an end this week, as eight teams rolled into Spain to kick off pre-season testing at Jerez.
Every year the teams declare that the former grand prix venue offers little valuable running, but every year they are enticed back. Perhaps the lack of revealing data is a convenience at this early stage of their cars' development.
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