Barcelona Day 1: Badoer goes fastest

With today's air temperature pleasant and sunshine in the morning, then cloudy and finally, rain in the afternoon, the F1 teams completed their first day of testing this week at the Catalunya Circuit, near Barcelona.

Luca Badoer got started on an intensive testing program, centered on experimenting with various new aerodynamic solutions for Ferrari in preparation for the next few races of the season, as well as trying different setups on the F2008. The Scuderia's official test driver got through the planned program without any technical problems: only the rain, which began to fall in the final hour of testing, but not before turning the quickest lap in a time of 1.22.412.

Testing at the Catalunya Circuit continues tomorrow.

Results

Pos

Driver Car Time Laps
1. Badoer Ferrari 1:22.412 82
2. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.682 69
3. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:22.724 21
4. Buemi Red Bull-Renault 1:22.764 79
5. Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.938 36
6. Davidson Honda 1:23.208 81
7. Hulkenberg Williams-Toyota 1:23.619 112
8. Grosjean Renault 1:23.899 60
9. Kobayashi Toyota 1:24.442 82