Rain thwarts BMW, Toro Rosso at Imola

Although the rain stopped at times during the day, the track was very wet in the morning and didn't dry up in the afternoon.

While the Toro Rosso team decided to call it a day earlier, BMW did the best they could under the circumstances and carried out a full programme.

In the morning, Jacques Villeneuve and Robert Kubica did long-runs on extreme wet tyres and in the afternoon they tested intermediates. Villeneuve covered a total of 92 laps and finished ahead of Kubica.

Toro Rosso cut their scheduled programme back to just one car for Scott Speed, who again practiced pitstops, completing 34 laps.

"Looking at the bad conditions, we took the decision to continue with pitstop practice," said chief engineer Laurent Mekies. "It was pretty much our only option and with around 20 pit stops completed, the crew have really sharpened their skills."

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time      Laps
 1.  Villeneuve    BMW-Sauber           (M)  1:30.866   92
 2.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber           (M)  1:31.939   86
 3.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Cosworth  (M)  1:38.290   34

All Timing Unofficial