Friday April 28th, 2000

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher topped the time sheets for the third day in a row at Barcelona, where the official Formula One testing session has come to an end.

Both Schumacher brothers, with Michael first and Ralf second, were the only two drivers within the 1:20s, followed closely by Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello and McLaren's Mika Hakkinen, who replaced teammate David Coulthard at the wheel.

Some part of the sessions today was marred by rain, which allowed the ten teams present (all but Minardi) to run a wet-weather test as well as a dry one later in the afternoon.

Testing at Barcelona has now come to an end, and the teams will hit the track again next week, for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                Time    
 1.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             1:20.823
 2.  R.Schumacher  Williams-BMW        1:20.963
 3.  Barrichello   Ferrari             1:21.068
 4.  Hakkinen      McLaren-Mercedes    1:21.429
 5.  Salo          Sauber-Petronas     1:22.006
 6.  Wurz          Benetton-Playlife   1:22.599
 7.  Fisichella    Benetton-Playlife   1:22.710
 8.  Panis         McLaren-Mercedes    1:23.035
 9.  Heidfeld      Prost-Peugeot       1:23.254
10.  Zonta         BAR-Honda           1:23.273
11.  Trulli        Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:23.681
12.  Frentzen      Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:23.687
13.  Herbert       Jaguar-Cosworth     1:23.918
14.  Lemarie       BAR-Honda           1:24.350
15.  Alesi         Prost-Peugeot       1:24.663

The 2000 fastest testing time is 1:19.633 (P. de la Rosa)
The 1999 fastest testing time is 1:20.591 (R. Barrichello)