8th for Toyota on the final da Matta day at Barca

8th fastest
By Huw Alban (26/03/03)
March 26 2003

At the time of writing there has been no official team statement regarding Cristiano da Matta's second and final test day at Barcelona. The one thing this site can report is that he set the 8th fastest time over the course of 73 laps.

For completeness, and in the absense of any actual detail, here is a list of unofficial times from todays test at Barcelona.

1 P. De la Rosa McLaren 1.15.506 31 laps
2 D. Coulthard McLaren 1.16.132 65
3 M. Gene Williams 1.16.144 65
4 J.P. Montoya Williams 1.16.373 73
5 L. Badoer Ferrari 1.17.571 65
6 J. Button BAR 1.17.964 107
7 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1.17.964 87
8 C. Da Matta Toyota 1.18.157 73
9 H.H. Frentzen Sauber 1.19.105 89

It is expected that Olivier Panis will now take over test driver duties for the team tomorrow and Friday.