Rain disrupts final test day at Barcelona

UPDATE After three days of successful dry testing, the rain finally arrived on cue this morning at the Circuit de Catalunya. Shortly after Jarno Trulli completed his installation lap the heavens opened and the circuit was drenched by heavy rain that continued throughout the morning. The downpour stopped at lunchtime, after which the teams ventured out onto the track. Unfortunately more showers followed, further shortening the running time in the afternoon.

Thursday Times

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:21.953	37
2.	Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:23.589	34
3.	Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:23.619	34
4.	Kubica	BMW-Sauber	1:24.715	32
5.	Button	Honda	1:24.873	41
6.	Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:24.927	62
7.	Piquet	Renault	1:26.100	61
8.	Trulli	Toyota	1:32.150	18

04/17/08 (GMM) As was predicted, heavy rain has disrupted the final session of the Barcelona test on Thursday.

Teams including Honda, Williams, Toyota, Renault, BMW, McLaren and Red Bull did venture onto the wet Circuit de Catalunya before lunch, but Ferrari – scheduled to run with Kimi Raikkonen today – did not.

Force India and Toro Rosso, meanwhile, have obviously heeded warnings that the rain could be set to continue into the afternoon, as they spent the morning session simply packing up.

The ambient temperature is a chilly 13 degrees C.