Barcelona, day 1: Trulli on top

Trulli, whose Renault ran reliably all day, was a second and a half up on the next quickest driver, Enrique Bernoldi in the Arrows A23. There was no repeat of the frightening rear wing failures that befell team-mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the previous test, but the Brazilian did complete the fewest laps of any of the drivers - just 16 - although the team had only planned to run installation checks today.

In contrast, Takuma Sato did almost a complete race distance in the new Jordan, recording a best time of 1m21.595s as he worked on the set-up of the EJ12. German Formula Renault champion Marcel Lasee was in the team's other new car, and the 20-year-old did a good job, ending the day a little over a second behind Sato.

Alex Yoong put some more miles on the Minardi PS02, but the Malaysian driver was well off the pace - his best lap was over six seconds off Trulli's time.

Michael Schumacher continued to work on the new Ferrari F2002 today at Fiorano. The world champion covered 46 laps, setting a best time of 58.669s


Jarno Trulli Renault M 1m19.493s 45
Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth B 1m21.160s 16
Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda B 1m21.595s 60
Marcel Lasee Jordan-Honda B 1m22.615s 37
Alex Yoong Minardi-Asiatech M 1m25.756s 33

M = Michelin
B = Bridgestone