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Barcelona: Final Testing Day
By Emma Aitken February 27 2008
The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes formula one team have completed the third and final day of testing, with fewreliability problems. Kovalainen kept the flag flying for McLaren at the final pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya today by finishing in fourth. Hamilton could only manage tenth position after causing a red flag when his car came to a halt in the pit lane exit.

Jarno Trulli came out and surprised everyone at the final pre-testing today by finishing on top of the time sheets. Before you waste your time cracking your jaw as it hits the floor it is worth mentioning that Toyota did admit that they were running on a very light fuel load. Trulli was still buoyant though saying “Even though this is only a test, it’s nice to see the mechanics and the guys smiling because today’s times are good motivation.”

David Coulthard’s tweaked neck muscle was obviously well improved as he managed to end the day just behind Trulli in second place. Williams continued to show their impressive form by completing today’s testing in third position. Ferrari didn’t have a particularly auspicious day either with Raikkonen taking ninth place as he worked on a race simulation and Massa finishing in thirteenth.

Neither of the Renaults set the World on fire today with Alonso making seventh and his team mate just above him in sixth. The red flags came out on several occasions. BMW’s Nick Heidfeld stopped on track twice. Sebastian Bourdais spun his Toro Rosso during the afternoon and Timo Glock managed to get in to trouble twice with an early mechanical failure and a brush with a tyre wall later on.

POSDRIVERTEAMTIMELAPS
1TrulliToyota01.20.80183
2CoulthardRed Bull Racing01.21.25876
3RosbergWilliams01.21.29377
4KovalainenMcLaren01.21.30987
5WebberRed Bull Racing01.21.36891
6PiquetRenault01.21.443114
7AlonsoRenault01.21.454128
8NakajimaWilliams01.21.796124
9RaikkonenFerrari01.21.93380
10HamiltonMcLaren01.22.01188
11GlockToyota01.22.15549
12FisichellaForce India01.22.23390
13MassaFerrari01.22.28649
14KubicaBMW01.22.29993
15BourdaisToro Rosso01.22.46579
16SutilForce India01.22.52197
17HeidfeldBMW01.22.62461
18WurzHonda01.24.15482
19ButtonHonda01.24.27573
 

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