Barcelona Test Times: Sauber Seventh
The C22 testing
By Phil Huff
February 20 2003
As testing finishes at Barcelona, it seemed like a good time to give a quick run down of the fastest times to date. Encouragingly the Sauber Petronas cars are picking up pace, with the C22 up to seventh, but only 0.2 seconds behind the Williams.
The fastest times so far at Barcelona are...
| P | Driver | Team | Engine | Car | Tyre | Best Lap | Gap |
| 1 | M Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2002 | B | 1:15.020 | -.--- |
| 2 | D Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4-17D | M | 1:15.266 | 0.246 |
| 3 | M Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2002 | B | 1:15.408 | 0.388 |
| 4 | A Wurz | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4-17D | M | 1:15.511 | 0.491 |
| 5 | K Raikkonen | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4-17D | M | 1:16.007 | 0.987 |
| 6 | JP Montoya | Williams | BMW | FW24 | M | 1:16.151 | 1.131 |
| 7 | HH Frentzen | Sauber | Petronas | C22 | B | 1:16.336 | 1.316 |
| 8 | O Panis | Toyota | Toyota | TF103 | M | 1:16.386 | 1.366 |
| 9 | L Badoer | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2002 | B | 1:16.431 | 1.411 |
| 10 | M Gene | Williams | BMW | FW24 | M | 1:16.568 | 1.548 |
| 11 | N Heidfeld | Sauber | Petronas | C22 | B | 1:16.688 | 1.668 |
| 12 | F Alonso | Renault | Renault | R23 | M | 1:16.920 | 1.900 |
| 13 | C da Matta | Toyota | Toyota | TF103 | M | 1:17.008 | 1.988 |
| 14 | J Trulli | Renault | Renault | R23 | M | 1:17.560 | 2.540 |
| 15 | A Davidson | BAR | Honda | BAR005 | B | 1:17.628 | 2.608 |
| 16 | T Sato | BAR | Honda | BAR005 | B | 1:17.749 | 2.729 |
| 17 | J Button | BAR | Honda | BAR005 | B | 1:17.826 | 2.806 |
| 18 | J Villeneuve | BAR | Honda | BAR005 | B | 1:18.043 | 3.023 |
| 19 | A Pizzonia | Jaguar | Cosworth | R4 | M | 1:18.063 | 3.043 |
| 20 | A McNish | Renault | Renault | R23 | M | 1:18.445 | 3.425 |
| 21 | M Webber | Jaguar | Cosworth | R4 | M | 1:18.532 | 3.512 |
| 22 | R Schumacher | Williams | BMW | FW24 | M | 1:18.725 | 3.705 |
| 23 | G Fisichella | Jordan | Ford | EJ13 | B | 1:19.077 | 4.057 |
| 24 | O Beretta | Williams | BMW | FW24 | M | 1:19.160 | 4.140 |
