Barrichello goes quickest at Barcelona

Barrichello, whose Honda team today tested a revised front wing with the 'elephant-like' add-ons already tried last year, posted a best time of 1:18.928 to finish nearly a second in front of Giancarlo Fisichella in the Force India.

Both Barrichello and Fisichella were running with 2008 aero configurations on slick tyres when they set their fastest times.

Massa finished over half a second behind Fisichella after 113 laps, but the Brazilian spent the day using the current grooved tyres.

Red Bull's David Coulthard - also sampling the slicks - was fourth quickest, with Lewis Hamilton rounding up the top five. The McLaren driver only ran with grooved tyres.

Fernando Alonso and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld were the only other two drivers who did not try Bridgestone's slicks today.

The Spanish driver, whose Renault team introduced a new engine cover fin today, caused the only red flag of the day when he stopped on track in the afternoon with a suspected engine problem.

Heidfeld finished at the bottom of the times, just behind the Toyota of Timo Glock, who completed his two-day programme for the Japanese squad.

"This has been a positive two days of testing for me," said Glock. "We spent the morning continuing our set-up work for the Spanish Grand Prix and collecting data on various systems.

"We're going in the right direction so we hope that can help us next week. Towards the end of the day we tried the new slick tyres for next year.

"We gathered some important information but we still need to learn more. For now I am more focused on the current situation, in particular the race here next weekend. The work we have done here will hopefully make us well prepared."

Toro Rosso and Super Aguri were again the only two teams missing from today's session. The Italian squad will join the test tomorrow to start working with their new STR3.

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will also be joining the test tomorrow, replacing Felipe Massa at Ferrari.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time      Laps
 1.  Barrichello   Honda                (B)  1:18.928   77
 2.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari  (B)  1:19.721   79
 3.  Massa         Ferrari              (B)  1:20.283  113
 4.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:20.392   87
 5.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:20.452   96
 6.  Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:20.616  118
 7.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:20.800  115
 8.  Glock         Toyota               (B)  1:20.870  112
 9.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber           (B)  1:20.981   97

All Timing Unofficial