Day 2: Toro Rosso duo 1-2 in Barcelona

Formula 1 people are creatures of habit and as it's Saturday, the Toro Rosso boys decided to have a go at a simulated Qualifying session, hence the fact that Vettel and Bourdais topped the time sheets, running on low fuel loads. In fact, the whole day was given over to simulating a race weekend, not just for the benefit of our French rookie driver, but for the entire race team. It was a successful day, both in terms of the dress rehearsal and in terms of continuing to gather data on the interim car, with which the team will start the season and which we forgot to mention earlier, should be referred to as the STR2B.

Saturday Combined times

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:21.679 89
2. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:21.782 88
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.135 80
4. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.511 70
5. Kubica BMW-Sauber 1:22.833 90
6. Alonso Renault 1:22.938 115
7. Piquet Renault 1:23.002 115
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:23.020 75
9. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 1:23.070 94
10. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:23.322 85
11. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:23.347 34
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:23.948 40
13. Button Honda 1:23.959 58
14. Liuzzi Force India-Ferrari 1:24.263 61