Spain: Practice – Toyota rack up the miles
By Nick Sparkes
May 12 2006
Overnight rain meant the first practice session of the weekend began in damp conditions with the majority of the runners completing remaining in the pits for the entire session. Thankfully the second session was more entertaining with Toyota completing a huge amount of mileage,
Friday – First Session
The damp conditions meant most of the teams only sent their drivers out for one installation lap, meaning the fans who had flocked to the circuit to see their champion and current points leader Fernando Alonso were left disappointed. Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher completed just four laps each, but was enough to put both Ferrari’s at the top of the time sheets. Friday drivers Wurz, Kubica, Davidson, Doornbos, Jani and Mondini completed at lest twenty laps each and finished behind the Ferrari pair. Super Aguri’s Takuma Sato was the busiest race driver in this session, completing only nine laps.
| 1 | F. Massa |  |
Ferrari |  |
1:15.796 | 4 |
| 2 | M. Schumacher |  |
Ferrari | |
1:16.099 | 4 |
| 3 | A. Wurz |  |
Williams | |
1:16.125 | 21 |
| 4 | R. Kubica |  |
BMW |  |
1:16.628 | 21 |
| 5 | A. Davidson |  |
Honda | |
1:16.961 | 24 |
| 6 | R. Doornbos |  |
Red Bull | |
1:17.424 | 20 |
| 7 | N. Jan |  |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | |
1:19.720 | 20 |
| 8 | G. Mondini | |
Midland F1 | |
1:20.708 | 21 |
| 9 | T. Sato |  |
Super Aguri | |
1:20.744 | 9 |
| 10 | F. Montagny |  |
Super Aguri | |
no time | 3 |
| 11 | S. Speed |  |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | |
no time | 3 |
| 12 | M. Webber |  |
Williams | |
no time | 1 |
| 13 | J. Trulli |  |
Toyota | |
no time | 1 |
| 14 | C. Albers | |
Midland F1 | |
no time | 1 |
| 15 | N. Rosberg | |
Williams | |
no time | 1 |
| 16 | T. Monteiro |  |
Midland F1 | |
no time | 1 |
| 17 | R. Schumacher | |
Toyota | |
no time | 1 |
| 18 | J. Button | |
Honda | |
no time | 1 |
| 19 | V. Liuzzi | |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | |
no time | 1 |
| 20 | N. Heidfeld | |
BMW | |
no time | 1 |
| 21 | JP. Montoya |  |
McLaren | |
no time | 1 |
| 22 | J. Villeneuve |  |
BMW | |
no time | 2 |
| 23 | D. Coulthard | |
Red Bull | |
no time | 1 |
| 24 | C. Klien | |
Red Bull | |
no time | 1 |
| 25 | R. Barrichello | |
Honda | |
no time | 1 |
| 26 | F. Alonso |  |
Renault | |
no time | 2 |
| 27 | G. Fisichella | |
Renault | |
no time | 2 |
| 28 | K. Räikkönen |  |
McLaren | |
no time |
Friday – Second Session
With the track now dry, many of the runners started their Friday programme. Anthony Davidson was fastest for Honda, completing the most laps of any driver, thirty-eight in his non-restricted V8 Honda. Robert Doornbos who is rumoured to be replacing Christian Klien at the next race after a boost in sponsorship finished his day in second for Red Bull, an impressive performance. Fernando Alonso pleased his home crowd by coming in third, the highest race driver of the second session. The Toyota pairing of Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli were an encouraging tenth and eleventh, just over a second behind the flying Honda of Davidson. Combined, the Toyota’s completed fifty-five laps and have gathered a lot of data for the team to analyse overnight. There were no major incidents during either session, with the majority of the drivers sticking to the black stuff.
| 1 | A. Davidson | |
Honda | |
1:16.533 | 38 |
| 2 | R. Doornbos | |
Red Bull | |
1:16.824 | 29 |
| 3 | F. Alonso | |
Renault | |
1:16.860 | 16 |
| 4 | A. Wurz | |
Williams | |
1:17.075 | 30 |
| 5 | C. Klien | |
Red Bull | |
1:17.086 | 10 |
| 6 | M. Schumacher | |
Ferrari | |
1:17.100 | 21 |
| 7 | G. Fisichella | |
Renault | |
1:17.291 | 17 |
| 8 | J. Button | |
Honda | |
1:17.414 | 12 |
| 9 | R. Barrichello | |
Honda | |
1:17.417 | 16 |
| 10 | R. Schumacher | |
Toyota | |
1:17.506 | 25 |
| 11 | J. Trulli | |
Toyota | |
1:17.610 | 30 |
| 12 | N. Heidfeld | |
BMW | |
1:17.622 | 18 |
| 13 | R. Kubica | |
BMW | |
1:17.844 | 34 |
| 14 | M. Webber | |
Williams | |
1:17.908 | 14 |
| 15 | K. Räikkönen | |
McLaren | |
1:17.933 | 4 |
| 16 | J. Villeneuve | |
BMW | |
1:18.007 | 13 |
| 17 | F. Massa | |
Ferrari | |
1:18.223 | 19 |
| 18 | JP. Montoya | |
McLaren | |
1:18.261 | 5 |
| 19 | N. Rosberg | |
Williams | |
1:18.283 | 18 |
| 20 | D. Coulthard | |
Red Bull | |
1:18.410 | 6 |
| 21 | N. Jani | |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | |
1:18.774 | 32 |
| 22 | G. Mondini | |
Midland F1 | |
1:18.910 | 22 |
| 23 | S. Speed | |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | |
1:19.257 | 22 |
| 24 | V. Liuzzi | |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | |
1:19.334 | 18 |
| 25 | C. Albers | |
Midland F1 | |
1:19.358 | 15 |
| 26 | T. Sato | |
Super Aguri | |
1:19.616 | 30 |
| 27 | T. Monteiro | |
Midland F1 | |
1:20.311 | 19 |
| 28 | F. Montagny | |
Super Aguri | |
1:22.222 | 21 |