McLaren tops combined times again
The McLaren team finished its 2010 preparations in the best possible way, topping the combined testing times at Barcelona
Lewis Hamilton's quickest time on Sunday meant the British squad has being quickest overall in three of the four pre-season tests ahead of the start of the 2010 season.
Hamilton was quickest overall in the first Jerez test, while team-mate Jenson Button was fastest in the second one.
Only Ferrari managed to break McLaren's stronghold of testing, with Fernando Alonso posting the fastest time of the first test at Valencia.
The progress made by teams was shown at Barcelona on Sunday's final day of testing, where the four fastest times of the week were set.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Best | Laps | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th |
| 1. | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:20.472 | 227 | - | 1:22.152 | - | 1:20.472 |
| 2. | Webber | Red Bull | 1:20.496 | 168 | 1:21.487 | - | - | 1:20.496 |
| 3. | Massa | Ferrari | 1:20.539 | 228 | - | - | 1:22.344 | 1:20.539 |
| 4. | Sutil | Force India | 1:20.611 | 160 | - | - | 1:22.606 | 1:20.611 |
| 5. | Hulkenberg | Williams | 1:20.614 | 180 | 1:22.407 | 1:20.614 | - | - |
| 6. | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:20.637 | 208 | 1:24.170 | 1:20.637 | - | - |
| 7. | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:20.667 | 252 | - | 1:21.258 | 1:23.123 | 1:20.667 |
| 8. | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:20.686 | 235 | 1:22.514 | - | 1:20.686 | - |
| 9. | M.Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:20.745 | 207 | - | 1:21.689 | - | 1:20.745 |
| 10. | Barrichello | Williams | 1:20.870 | 184 | - | - | 1:21.975 | 1:20.870 |
| 11. | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:20.911 | 172 | - | - | 1:26.216 | 1:20.911 |
| 12. | de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:20.973 | 187 | 1:23.144 | 1:20.973 | - | - |
| 13. | Liuzzi | Force India | 1:21.056 | 154 | 1:24.064 | 1:21.056 | - | - |
| 14. | Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:21.413 | 193 | - | - | 1:21.413 | 1:22.135 |
| 15. | Button | McLaren | 1:21.450 | 205 | 1:23.452 | - | 1:21.450 | - |
| 16. | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:21.571 | 215 | 1:24.869 | 1:21.571 | - | - |
| 17. | Petrov | Renault | 1:22.523 | 141 | 1:24.173 | - | 1:22.523 | - |
| 18. | Kubica | Renault | 1:23.175 | 159 | - | 1:24.912 | - | 1:23.175 |
| 19. | Trulli | Lotus | 1:25.059 | 172 | - | 1:25.524 | 1:25.059 | - |
| 20. | Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:25.251 | 65 | - | - | - | 1:25.251 |
| 21. | Glock | Virgin | 1:25.942 | 83 | - | 1:25.942 | 1:26.305 | - |
| 22. | di Grassi | Virgin | 1:26.160 | 78 | 1:27.057 | - | - | 1:26.160 |
| 23. | Fauzy | Lotus | 1:28.002 | 76 | 1:28.002 | - | - | - |
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