Barcelona fourth pre-season test Test day four
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Kamui Kobayashi
Kobayashi makes a big improvement with a 1m23.845s. That's 2s quicker than his previous best time, but he stays fifth.
No need to look up to see it's Heidfeld coming down the pitlane. The Renault and its radical exhaust have a very distinctive sound.
A 1m23.3s from Alonso on his third lap of that stint.
Heidfeld shaves 0.6s off his time with a 1m23.008s, staying fourth.
A 1m22.9s from Alonso on his second lap.
Alonso improves his time, but only by 0.006s. He stays second to Barrichello.
Schumacher is now back in. His times from that run: 22.7, 24.6, 24.6, 24.8, 25.6
There are big banners for the Toro Rosso driver today, including one from his official fan club, and one saying 'ALGUERSUARI: FINS LA VICTORIA SEMPRE!'
We said earlier that the fans were turning out for Alonso today, but don't underestimate the support for Alguersuari.
That was another one-lap qualifying-style blast from Barrichello, who now pits.
Barrichello improves his time to 1m22.233s, taking him 0.3s clear of Alonso at the front of the field.
After that 22.5, Schumacher's times immediately dropped into 1m24s and now 1m25s, but he's still out five laps on.
Also in a busy lunchbreak, HRT will reveal its F111, the last 2011 car to be launched.
Something a little different - Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey is to drive a Ford GT-40 around the track at lunchtime to promote a new 'Spirit of Montjuich' event.
The Mercedes' next lap is a 1m24.6s.
Schumacher starts his run with a new personal best of 1m22.747s. He stays third.
D'Ambrosio does Virgin's first time of the day with a 1m29.990s.
Schumacher and Kobayashi are back out.
Up to then, his lap times were 22.5, 23.2, 24.1, 25.3
Alonso has now backed off to do a fairly slow speed constant run down the start/finish straight.
Heidfeld has come in after his 23.6 and 23.8.
That lap is 0.176s quicker than Alonso and 0.2s faster than Barrichello's best time from Thursday. And remember Williams is without KERS for the rest of the test.
Barrichello goes fastest with a 1m22.412s.
Now a 1m24.1s from Alonso.
Alonso's second lap is a 1m23.2s, Heidfeld's a 1m23.8s.
Heideld takes second from Schumacher with a 1m23.651s, a second off Alonso's pace.
Fernando Alonso
For now, Alonso is 1.3s ahead of Schumacher.
Now to see how long the Ferrari stays out and what sort of pace it can sustain. Red Bull and Ferrari have done those kind of times early on 4-5 laps runs this week.
Alonso shoots to the top with a 1m22.588s.
Sutil does another low 1m28s then comes in and does a practice start style acceleration burst in the pitlane.
Alonso and Heidfeld come out again.
Just Sutil on the circuit now. The Force India is running in the 1m27s and 1m28s on a more heavy fuel pace.
That was a two-lap run for Barrichello. He started with a 26.0 then did the 24.5 that put him second, though we know from yesterday that the Williams will get into the 1m22s in a more qualifying-style spec.
Barrichello jumps to second place with a 1m24.544s.
Now Button pits and Kobayashi resumes.
Button stays out lapping in mid 1m26s, and Barrichello comes out for Williams.
Kobayashi does two laps in 1m27s then pits.
Jenson Button
Button goes a bit quicker with a 1m26.339s, but stays sixth.
Heidfeld comes into the pits after a three-lap run that averaged in a quiet 1m27.0s.
Button now up to sixth with a 1m26.806s.
By: Matt Beer, Jonathan Noble, Mark Glendenning, Pablo Elizalde
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