Today was the end of the four day practice at the circuit de Catalunya in Spain and the heavens opened, making for a frustrating day for the teams.
The Toro Rosso were not going to test today after Sebastien Bourdais , yesterday, in the brand new STR3, crashed dramatically into the tyre barriers on the outside of turn nine and badly damaged the car, fortunately he was unhurt. Force India took no part either in the final day of testing at the circuit.
The eight teams remaining at the track were hoping to put in some more laps today but just minutes after the pit lane opened, then the rain began.
Mark Webber had been out in the morning ahead of the rain and set the fastest time of the day for the Red Bull Renault team.
Heikki Kovalainen took over the testing for the final day and set the second fastest time for McLaren Mercedes while Kimi Raikkonen took over his Ferrari testing duties and took third position.
The BMW Sauber driver, Robert Kubica was fourth ahead of Jenson Button in the Honda and Kazuki Nakajima, back in the Williams Toyota.
In seventh place was Nelson Piquet in the modified Renault with Jarno Trulli, once again at the bottom of the timesheets in the Toyota.
Felipe Massa set a time of 1:18.339 on Monday and it remained the fastest time of the week for the Ferrari team. All the teams will now be preparing for the Spanish Grand Prix, which is a week on Sunday.
0 comments so far
There are no comments for this post yet. Why not be the first by filling out the form below.