Raikkonen on top at Barcelona

Fifteen drivers and eight of the 11 teams were on track today, with the weather allowing for a full day of work following yesterday's rain despite the track being damp initially.

In the end it was Kimi Raikkonen in the McLaren-Mercedes MP4-21 who, with a last-minute flying lap, jumped to the top of the times to beat his Renault rivals Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso, second and third quickest respectively.

Raikkonen's time of 1:15.223 was the quickest by a V8-engined car so far this year.

The Renault duo had a productive day despite a shaky start, with first Alonso and then Fisichella stopping on track on their first laps. Between them they covered over 180 laps in the R26 cars, the Italian finishing as second quickest, over two tenths behind Raikkonen.

Jenson Button in the Honda finished fourth quickest and as the only other driver to lap the Spanish circuit in less than 76 seconds. The Briton outpaced his teammate Rubens Barrichello, seventh quickest in the second RA106 car from the Japanese squad.

The Toyota team kicked off their testing programme for the week with both Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher working with the revised TF106.

The car, which tested in private for the first time last week at Vallelunga, was having its first outing against rivals. Trulli was the fastest of the Toyota duo, finishing nearly a second behind Raikkonen.

Christian Klien and David Coulthard took over from Red Bull's test driver Robert Doornbos, testing in the two cars they will race at the Bahrain Grand Prix in over two weeks time.

The team's running, however, was very restricted, with Klien completing 35 laps and Coulthard only 12.

Mark Webber, quickest yesterday, finished only 11th today in the first of the Williams FW28 while his teammate Nico Rosberg covered just two laps and didn't set a time.

The Midland team continued working with their MF16 chassis, with both racing drivers Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro carrying out testing duties.

The Super Aguri team, who yesterday completed their first public outing, had a more productive session as Yuji Ide made his Formula One debut at the wheel of the SA05 car.

While teammate Takuma Sato covered just eight laps yesterday, Ide managed a total of 43 as the team continued working on system checks. Idea caused the final red flag of the day when his car stopped on track.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time      Laps
 1.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes     (M)  1:15.223   96
 2.  Fisichella    Renault              (M)  1:15.500   92
 3.  Alonso        Renault              (M)  1:15.801   93
 4.  Button        Honda                (M)  1:15.969   88
 5.  Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:16.193   93
 6.  R.Schumacher  Toyota               (B)  1:16.381   47
 7.  Barrichello   Honda                (M)  1:16.486   66
 8.  Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes     (M)  1:16.538   87
 9.  Klien         Red Bull-Ferrari     (M)  1:16.927   35
10.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Ferrari     (M)  1:18.212   12
11.  Webber        Williams-Cosworth    (B)  1:18.265   88
12.  Albers        MF1-Toyota           (B)  1:19.300   28
13.  Monteiro      MF1-Toyota           (B)  1:20.381   35
14.  Ide           Super Aguri-Honda    (B)  1:24.455   43
15.  Rosberg       Williams-Cosworth    (B)  no time     2


All Timing Unofficial