Valencia Day 4 – Toyota 9th and 15th fastest


By Nick Sparkes
February 2 2006

Yet again Toyota found themselves at the bottom half of the table, with Ralf Schumacher outpacing teammate Jarno Trulli. Up front it was the same as usual, with Fernando Alonso’s Renault R26 doing the business to remain fastest, Jenson Button was once again second.

Unlike yesterday where Alonso and Button were 0.01 seconds apart, the gap had grown to an enormous 0.03 seconds by the end of the fourth day. Surely Renault and Honda were marking themselves out as the teams to beat.

Ferrari was once again third, this time with Felipe Massa. Whilst Anthony Davidson and Michael Schumacher finished fourth and fifth respectively with Klein’s Red Bull Racing showing some promising pace in sixth place.

Way behind the leaders were the Toyota’s of Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli, who had to contend with Williams’ and McLaren’s at the bottom half of the table.

1 F. Alonso Renault Michelin 01:10.904 90
2 J. Button Honda Michelin 01:10.907 85
3 F. Massa Ferrari Bridgestone 01:11.284 50
4 A. Davidson Honda Michelin 01:11.573 128
5 M. Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 01:11.649 48
6 C. Klien Red Bull Michelin 01:11.796 71
7 H. Kovalainen Renault Michelin 01:12.011 89
8 J. Villeneuve BMW Michelin 01:12.179 104
9 R. Schumacher Toyota Bridgestone 01:12.182 92
10 A. Wurz Williams Bridgestone 01:12.246 84
11 N. Rosberg Williams Bridgestone 01:12.313 46
12 V. Rossi Ferrari Bridgestone 01:12.315 54
13 P. de la Rosa McLaren Michelin 01:12.360 92
14 JP. Montoya McLaren Michelin 01:12.488 61
15 J. Trulli Toyota Bridgestone 01:12.525 72
16 R. Kubica BMW Michelin 01:12.812 48