Hamilton dominant on final test day

Lewis Hamilton remained unbeatable on the final afternoon of the Silverstone test, finishing his only day of running two-thirds of a second clear of the opposition courtesy of his stunning morning time of 1m19.170s.
Surprisingly, his closest competition came not from Ferrari rival Kimi Raikkonen, but from Timo Glock, who showed extremely impressive pace for Toyota.
The German, who had blotted his copybook in the morning by hitting the back of David Coulthard’s Red Bull, was the only man other than Hamilton to break the 1m20s barrier and now heads into next weekend's British Grand Prix in confident mood.
"That was a good day's testing for us," he said.


"The wind made it quite tricky because it was quite inconsistent but in the end we collected some important data and we are happy with the car.
"We had a problem this morning when I had a collision with David Coulthard. It was a misunderstanding, when I turned in at the end of the Hangar Straight David was there.
"I just didn't see him so I apologise for that.
"We've made a good step in the last couple of weeks and the last two results have given the team a boost. Now we have to keep up the form at Silverstone next week."
Raikkonen’s morning effort remained good for third, the Finn completing a modest 60 laps as he concentrated on evaluating the new parts on the F2008, while Fernando Alonso wound up fourth for Renault.
The Spaniard had an eventful day, bringing out two of the six red flags with an engine failure at 10am and a spin at the entry to the complex just a few minutes into the afternoon session.
But despite the disruptions, Alonso believes the team has made good progress with its R28."We spent the day working on improving the set-up of the car to be ready for the race next week and all the changes that we made took us in the right direction," he said.
"By the end of the day I was much happier with the car."Nick Heidfeld focused on aero and set-up work on the BMW F1.08 and was fifth quickest, some 1.8s off Hamilton’s pace, just ahead of Kazuki Nakajima’s Williams.
Adrian Sutil was an encouraging seventh fastest for Force India as the team rounded off its first evaluation of its heavily updated VJM01 car, which includes a 'shark fin' engine cover.
Despite a brake disc failure pitching him off into the gravel at Abbey at the end of the morning, the German still managed to complete a total of 71 laps and end the day ahead of Rubens Barrichello (Honda), Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso).
Coulthard, meanwhile, found himself at the bottom of the order after a wretched day in which he managed only 31 laps after his collision with Glock did extensive damage to his Red Bull.
To compound his misery, the RB4 blew up coming out of Woodcote with nine minutes remaining and brought the day's proceedings to a premature conclusion.
The Scot, however, believes the team is in good enough shape for his lack of pre-British GP preparation to be quickly overcome when practice starts next Friday.
"Unfortunately I did not get much running and as the high-speed nature of Silverstone means it helps to get your eye in, I will be slightly on the back foot going into practice for the British Grand Prix," he said.
"But I think that, as a team, we are strong enough to deal with that, so I hope to have a good homerace."