Barcelona test, day 4: Irvine on top
Eddie Irvine set the quickest time of this week's Barcelona test today (Thursday) - behind the wheel of last year's Jaguar. Meanwhile, the new R3, driven by his team mate Pedro de la Rosa, was over four seconds off the pace.
New McLaren signing Kimi Raikkonen had his best day of testing with the team so far and was only three-tenths of a second off the Ulsterman's best.
Although the test ended early because the medical helicopter was called away, the afternoon session proved to the quickest of the week so far. The track dried up, allowing the teams to complete low fuel runs for out-and-out pace.
The day passed without major incident. Rookie Felipe Massa continued to acclimatise himself to Formula 1, but his test was blighted by a number of spins.
Once again, new boys Toyota propped up the bottom of the field. Mika Salo took over from Scot Allan McNish as the team continue to rack up miles in the new TF102.
Eddie Irvine Jaguar R2 M 1m19.252s
Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes M 1m19.361s
Luca Badoer Ferrari B 1m19.791s
Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW M 1m19.896s
Alexander Wurz McLaren-Mercedes M 1m19.946s
Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas B 1m20.074s
Marc Gene Williams-BMW M 1m20.330s
Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 1m20.704s
Olivier Panis BAR-Honda* B 1m21.104s
Jenson Button Renault M 1m21.426s
Antonio Pizzonia Williams-BMW M 1m21.485s
Jarno Trulli Renault M 1m21.725s
Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda B 1m21.738s
Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas B 1m21.795s
Anthony Davidson BAR-Honda B 1m21.815s
Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar R3* M 1m23.377s
Mika Salo Toyota* M 1m24.351s
B Bridgestone
M Michelin
* driving 2002 car
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