World Champion Sebastian Vettel has revealed that he is happy with Red Bull's new car for the upcoming Formula One season.

The German was able to drive the RB8 for the first time during pre-season testing in Jerez.

Vettel finished the day in third place on the timesheets but claimed that he is happy with the new model.

The 24-year-old said: "It's been two months since we were in the car, so it does take a couple of laps to get back in the rhythm, but the car feels fine and as we expected.

"So far we can be happy, we had a couple of issues, but it's normal when the car is new."

Red Bull will be hoping Vettel and fellow driver Mark Webber will continue their dominant partnership in 2012.