Alonso Stays Ahead as Testing Ends at Barcelona

Renault's Fernando Alonso stayed on top of the timesheets as testing at the Barcelona circuit came to an end after five days of intensive work for the Formula One teams.

Alonso, driving the Michelin-shod R202 chassis, was unable to improve on his quickest time from the morning session, but his best lap of 1:16.920 was good enough to keep the top spot as he worked on tyre testing for French manufacturer Michelin.

"We concluded our session with a very productive day's testing," said Renault's technical director Mike Gascoyne. "Fernando at the wheel of the hybrid car completed his programme conducting a tyre work for Michelin. At the end of the day he also run in the R202 to finish up with some chassis evaluation.

"Jarno (Trulli) concluded his programme on suspension development in last year's car. Overall we are quite satisfied because all the work that we wished to do was completed."

Spaniard Alonso finished over three tenths of a second ahead of Williams's test driver Marc Gene, who was the busiest man on track with a massive 103 laps around the Spanish circuit. Gene was over half a second quicker than teammate Juan Pablo Montoya, the Williams drivers split by Japanese Takuma Sato.

"We have experienced an all round successful test," said BMW boss Mario Theissen. "The team completed a huge programme in terms of engine and chassis development as well as tyre testing. Altogether we achieved a mileage of 3572 km this week in Barcelona.

"In view of the proposals announced by the FIA on Wednesday we modified our programme from Thursday onwards to include manual starts."

Sato, a test driver at BAR following a year racing for Jordan in 2002, worked at the wheel of the new 005 chassis for the first time today, as the Brackley-based outfit continued to put miles on the car unveiled last Wednesday. Sato set a promising 1:17.749, around a tenth behind Anthony Davidson's best time from yesterday.

"I am very impressed with the new car," said Sato. "We focused mainly on mileage today rather than set-up work but it seems we have a very good starting point. The car is quick and stable so I'm looking forward to my next test when we'll be able to work more on set-up.

"It was unfortunate that we had to lose some running time this afternoon but it's good that the team have had no major problems this week. It's great to be working with BAR again after testing with them in 2001."

Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia today continued working with the only Jaguar on track, completing 86 laps at the wheel of the R3 ahead of the launch of the new R4 next Tuesday. Pizzonia finished fifth ahead of Italian Jarno Trulli, who for the second day in a row finished at the bottom of the timesheets with the second Renault.

The teams will return to Barcelona next week for another session.

Today's times:

Pos Driver Team-Engine Tyres Time Laps 1. Alonso Renault (M) 1:16.920 79 2. Gene Williams-BMW (M) 1:17.296 103 3. Sato BAR-Honda (B) 1:17.749 44 4. Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:17.877 43 5. Pizzonia Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:18.717 86 6. Trulli Renault (M) 1:18.910 62 All Timing Unofficial

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1:18.406 55-> 1:20.663 76-> 1:20.069 97-> 1:19.507 14-> 1:18.644 35-> 1:18.700 56-> 1:20.669 77-> 1:20.352 98-> 1:29.470 15-> 1:19.041 36-> 1:20.531 57-> 1:20.433 78-> 1:20.804 99-> 7:41.702 16-> 1:18.854 37-> 1:19.420 58-> 1:28.858 79-> 1:20.608 100-> 6:16.776 17-> 1:25.146 38-> 1:26.989 59-> 9:18.894 80-> 1:20.439 101-> 1:21.792 18->51:26.037 39-> 7:45.864 60-> 1:17.835 81-> 1:20.230 102-> 1:21.111 19-> 1:21.250 40->16:54.224 61-> 1:18.599 82-> 1:20.337 103-> 1:28.452 20-> 1:19.723 41-> 1:22.174 62-> 1:19.195 83-> 1:20.544 21-> 1:19.483 42-> 1:20.432 63-> 1:19.325 84-> 1:20.054 Sato BAR 1->17:38.524 10-> 1:19.134 19-> 1:20.379 28-> 1:21.123 37-> 1:20.137 2->33: 6.847 11-> 1:19.283 20-> 1:20.424 29-> 1:20.693 38-> 1:31.187 3-> 1:21.549 12-> 1:25.276 21-> 1:20.321 30-> 1:20.627 39-> 5:25.456 4-> 1:20.329 13->43: 1.926 22-> 1:20.693 31-> 1:21.185 40-> 1:17.749* 5-> 1:19.545 14-> 1:18.500 23-> 1:20.597 32-> 1:20.335 41-> 1:18.689 6-> 1:19.531 15-> 1:18.851 24-> 1:20.852 33-> 1:20.298 42-> 1:19.114 7-> 1:25.693 16-> 1:25.006 25-> 1:20.620 34-> 1:20.309 43-> 1:19.888 8->20: 4.513 17->13: 8.030 26-> 1:20.124 35-> 1:20.295 44-> 1:26.196 9-> 1:18.825 18-> 1:20.255 27-> 1:20.584 36-> 1:20.118 Montoya Williams 1-> 7:55.089 10->30:51.169 19-> 1:27.320 28-> 1:25.744 37-> 1:19.168 2->29:13.188 11-> 1:18.590 20->13:44.293 29-> 8:57.531 38-> 1:25.359 3-> 1:20.273 12-> 1:20.368 21-> 1:18.821 30-> 1:18.523 39->12:24.033 4-> 1:26.554 13-> 1:19.582 22-> 1:19.475 31-> 1:18.839 40-> 1:18.387 5->58:23.492 14-> 1:20.256 23-> 1:19.476 32-> 1:19.047 41-> 1:18.830 6-> 1:19.748 15-> 1:25.377 24-> 1:25.095 33-> 1:25.045 42-> 1:19.046 7->41:58.798 16->28:13.001 25->51:41.090 34->19:48.155 43-> 1:24.884 8-> 1:17.877* 17-> 1:20.660 26-> 1:20.635 35-> 1:18.194 9-> 1:31.464 18-> 1:20.303 27-> 1:20.032 36-> 1:18.795 Pizzonia Jaguar 1-> 3:50.271 19-> 1:20.968 37-> 1:20.260 55-> 1:19.992 73-> 1:28.084 2->15:49.520 20-> 1:20.593 38-> 1:20.083 56-> 1:20.343 74->10: 8.202 3-> 1:22.592 21-> 1:20.410 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