Day 2 of testing in Barcelona is over with Raikkonen heading the time sheets for Ferrari and a shuffling of the order behind him. Toro Rosso ran into problems and their times are not significant but Nakajima showed that the Williams really was on heavy fuel runs yesterday - he threw in a lap good enough for second quickest today.
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The McLaren remains rooted near the bottom of the sheet in spite of an improvement this time out. The team ran with the new floor and wings so this may be a better indication of their true pace. If so, they have work to do before Melbourne!
Barrichello confirmed the pace of the new Honda with third fastest time and Force India continued to look competitive, Adrian Sutil setting a time quicker than Alonso's best. Much depends on what each team was doing, as usual, but there are still hints that we are due for a very closely-fought season. I really wouldn't like to guess which team will occupy the last spots on the grid.
Here are the times for the day:
Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 00:01'20''314
Kazuki Nakajima, Williams 00:01'20''907
Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP 00:01'20''966
Jarno Trulli, Toyota 00:01'21''182
Mark Webber, Red Bull 00:01'21''347
Nick Heidfeld, BMW-Sauber 00:01'21''815
Adrian Sutil, Force India 00:01'21''834
Fernando Alonso, Renault 00:01'21''937
Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren 00:01'21''991
Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso 00:01'23''039
Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso 00:99'99''999