Barcelona day 2am: Firman crashes
Jordan's Ralph Firman has suffered his first accident as a Formula 1 driver this morning in testing at Barcelona in Spain
Jordan's new signing went off the track and struck the barrier in his Jordan EJ13, damaging the front suspension of the car. He was uninjured.
A whole host of teams have joined the test today (Tuesday), with Olivier Panis leading the way for Toyota ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso, who set the pace yesterday. Panis set 1m17.376s this morning, compared to Alonso's 1m18.176s.
Juan Pablo Montoya was third quickest in the new Williams FW25, ahead of Marc Gene in the hybrid FW24 fitted with this year's engine and gearbox.
Olivier Panis Toyota M 1m17.376s 30
Fernando Alonso Renault M 1m18.176s 10
Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW M 1m18.403s 43
Marc Gene Williams-BMW M 1m18.799s 17*
Jenson Button BAR-Honda B 1m18.889s 41
Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford B 1m19.718s 21
Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford B 1m20.593s 48
Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW M 1m20.925s 19
Cristiano da Matta Toyota M 1m21.324s 32*
Jarno Trulli Renault M 1m24.077s 6
Allan McNish Renault M 1m33.436s 12*
Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda B No time 2
B = Bridgestone
M = Michelin
* denotes 2002 car
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