By Phil Huff
February 7 2003
As the BAR Honda F1 test finishes at Barcelona, it seemed like a good time to give a quick run down of the fastest times to date. Encouragingly the Lucky Strike BAR Honda cars are picking up pace, with the BAR 005 running around a second behind the Ferrari F2002.
The fastest times so far at Barcelona are...
| P | Driver | Team | Engine | Car | Tyre | Best Lap | Gap |
| 1 | M Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2002 | B | 1:15.020 | -.--- |
| 2 | D Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4-17D | M | 1:115.266 | 0.246 |
| 3 | M Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2002 | B | 1:15.408 | 0.388 |
| 4 | A Wurz | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4-17D | M | 1:15.511 | 0.491 |
| 5 | K Raikkonen | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4-17D | M | 1:16.007 | 0.987 |
| 6 | JP Montoya | Williams | BMW | FW24 | M | 1:16.151 | 1.131 |
| 7 | HH Frentzen | Sauber | Petronas | C22 | B | 1:16.336 | 1.316 |
| 8 | O Panis | Toyota | Toyota | TF103 | M | 1:16.386 | 1.366 |
| 9 | L Badoer | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2002 | B | 1:16.431 | 1.411 |
| 10 | M Gene | Williams | BMW | FW24 | M | 1:16.568 | 1.548 |
| 11 | N Heidfeld | Sauber | Petronas | C22 | B | 1:16.688 | 1.668 |
| 12 | F Alonso | Renault | Renault | R23 | M | 1:16.920 | 1.900 |
| 13 | C da Matta | Toyota | Toyota | TF103 | M | 1:17.008 | 1.988 |
| 14 | J Trulli | Renault | Renault | R23 | M | 1:17.560 | 2.540 |
| 15 | A Davidson | BAR | Honda | BAR005 | B | 1:17.628 | 2.608 |
| 16 | T Sato | BAR | Honda | BAR005 | B | 1:17.749 | 2.729 |
| 17 | J Button | BAR | Honda | BAR005 | B | 1:17.826 | 2.806 |
| 18 | J Villeneuve | BAR | Honda | BAR005 | B | 1:18.043 | 3.023 |
| 19 | A Pizzonia | Jaguar | Cosworth | R4 | M | 1:18.063 | 3.043 |
| 20 | A McNish | Renault | Renault | R23 | M | 1:18.445 | 3.425 |
| 21 | M Webber | Jaguar | Cosworth | R4 | M | 1:18.532 | 3.512 |
| 22 | R Schumacher | Williams | BMW | FW24 | M | 1:18.725 | 3.705 |
| 23 | G Fisichella | Jordan | Ford | EJ13 | B | 1:19.077 | 4.057 |
| 24 | O Beretta | Williams | BMW | FW24 | M | 1:19.160 | 4.140 |
