Having endured two days of wet and cold weather, the Formula 1 teams were greeted by dry and sunny conditions for the final day of testing at the Spanish circuit.
Japanese rookie Kazuki Nakajima topped the times on a dry final day of testing at Barcelona in Spain. Nakajima, only taking over his FW30-Toyota from Williams test driver Nico Hulkenberg late in the afternoon, set the fastest time of the day.
His best effort was just three hundredths of a second faster than McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, with Pedro de la Rosa just two hundredths further adrift. Ferrari's Felipe Massa continued to show the F2008 had the edge on long run pace, even though his fastest lap of the day was just shy of main rivals McLaren.
Nico Rosberg was fifth fastest for Williams, ahead of the Renault-powered Red Bull Racing cars of Mark Webber and David Coulthard.
PosDriverConstructorTimeLaps
1Kazuki NakajimaWilliams1m22.15332
2Heikki KovalainenVodafone McLaren Mercedes1m22.18564
3Pedro de la RosaVodafone McLaren Mercedes1m22.20892
4Felipe MassaFerrari1m22.21396
5Nico RosbergWilliams1m22.248109
6Mark WebberRed Bull Racing1m22.47782
7David CoulthardRed Bull Racing1m22.499104
8Luca BadoerFerrari1m22.535102
9Fernando AlonsoRenault1m22.65761
10Timo GlockToyota1m22.901110
11Nelson PiquetRenault1m23.286105
12Kamui KobayashiToyota1m24.13256
13Nico HulkenbergWilliams1m24.22254
*no official times available
Japanese rookie Kazuki Nakajima topped the times on a dry final day of testing at Barcelona in Spain. Nakajima, only taking over his FW30-Toyota from Williams test driver Nico Hulkenberg late in the afternoon, set the fastest time of the day.
His best effort was just three hundredths of a second faster than McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, with Pedro de la Rosa just two hundredths further adrift. Ferrari's Felipe Massa continued to show the F2008 had the edge on long run pace, even though his fastest lap of the day was just shy of main rivals McLaren.
Nico Rosberg was fifth fastest for Williams, ahead of the Renault-powered Red Bull Racing cars of Mark Webber and David Coulthard.
PosDriverConstructorTimeLaps
1Kazuki NakajimaWilliams1m22.15332
2Heikki KovalainenVodafone McLaren Mercedes1m22.18564
3Pedro de la RosaVodafone McLaren Mercedes1m22.20892
4Felipe MassaFerrari1m22.21396
5Nico RosbergWilliams1m22.248109
6Mark WebberRed Bull Racing1m22.47782
7David CoulthardRed Bull Racing1m22.499104
8Luca BadoerFerrari1m22.535102
9Fernando AlonsoRenault1m22.65761
10Timo GlockToyota1m22.901110
11Nelson PiquetRenault1m23.286105
12Kamui KobayashiToyota1m24.13256
13Nico HulkenbergWilliams1m24.22254
*no official times available