Jet 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2005 Sato leads the way in Spain While Barrichello gets the F2005 on track Sato led the way this morning in Spain The second day of testing at Barcelona continued this morning with no less than 14 drivers lapping at the Spanish circuit. Takuma Sato led the way this morning for BAR Honda with a best lap of 1:14.247s, a tenth faster than Pedro de la Rosa managed in testing yesterday. Alex Wurz proved he could lap as fast as de la Rosa managed yesterday as he stopped the clocks in 1:14.391s, the exact same time that the Spaniard set on Wednesday down the thousandth of a second. Rubens Barrichello was third fastest as he joined the test with the F2005. Championship leader Fernando Alonso set the fourth best time in his R25 ahead of Jenson Button in the second BAR Honda, Kimi Raikkonen in his McLaren and Giancarlo Fisichella in the second Renault. David Coulthard, struggling for pace last time out in Bahrain, set the eighth best time while the Toyota duo of Ricardo Zonta and Jarno Trulli rounded out the top ten. Luca Badoer, tyre testing in the F2004 M was 11th fastest ahead of the BMW Williams duo of Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld while Felipe Massa was slowest in his Sauber Patronas having taken over from the unhappy Jacques Villeneuve who suffered brake problems st the circuit yesterday. Testing continues this afternoon. Barcelona - 07/04/2005 AM 1 . T. Sato - BAR Honda 007 - 1:14.247 (+ 0.000 ) - 78 laps 2 . A. Wurz - McLaren Mercedes MP4-20 - 1:14.391 (+ 0.144 ) - 64 laps 3 . R. Barrichello - Ferrari F2005 - 1:14.645 (+ 0.398 ) - 63 laps 4 . F. Alonso - Renault R25 - 1:14.656 (+ 0.409 ) - 54 laps 5 . J. Button - BAR Honda 007 - 1:14.887 (+ 0.640 ) - 81 laps 6 . K. Raikkonen - McLaren Mercedes MP4- 20 - 1:14.929 (+ 0.682 ) - 74 laps 7 . G. Fisichella - Renault R25 - 1:15.018 (+ 0.771 ) - 68 laps 8 . D. Coulthard - Red Bull Racing RB1 - 1:15.048 (+ 0.801 ) - 45 laps 9 . R. Zonta - Toyota TF104B - 1:15.280 (+ 1.033 ) - 77 laps 10 . J. Trulli - Toyota TF105 - 1:15.708 (+ 1.461 ) - 53 laps 11 . L. Badoer - Ferrari F2004M - 1:15.958 (+ 1.711 ) - 59 laps 12 . M. Webber - BMW Williams FW27 - 1:16.050 (+ 1.803 ) - 51 laps 13 . N. Heidfeld - BMW Williams FW27 - 1:16.310 (+ 2.063 ) - 36 laps 14 . F. Massa - Sauber Petronas C24 - 1:16.995 (+ 2.748 ) - 69 laps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites