JANUARY 28, 2002

Ralf leads Barcelona test in new FW24

TESTING in Barcelona continued Monday, with five teams in action. The Williams trio of Ralf Schumacher, Juan-Pablo Montoya and Antonio Pizzonia topped the time sheets, Schumacher in the new FW24.

Olivier Panis and Anthony Davidson tested for BAR, Panis in the new 004, was 1/100th of a second faster than Davidson in last year's 003 chassis.

Eddie Irvine was behind the wheel of the new Jaguar, Jarno Trulli and Jenson Button tested the new Renaults for the first time since Sunday's official launch and Toyota tested with two cars for the first time this year. Mika Salo and Alan McNish were in action for the F1 newcomers.

BARCELONA TEST - MONDAY, 28 JANUARY 2002 POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1. RALF SCHUMACHER Williams-BMW 1:19.280 2. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA Williams-BMW 1:19.373 3. ANTONIO PIZZONIA Williams-BMW 1:19.383 4. OLIVIER PANIS BAR-Honda 1:19.915 5. ANTHONY DAVIDSON BAR-Honda 1:19.929 6. EDDIE IRVINE Jaguar-Cosworth 1:20.477 7. JARNO TRULLI Renault 1:20.495 8. MIKA SALO Toyota 1:20.782 9. JENSON BUTTON Renault 1:21.089 10. ALAN MCNISH Toyota 1:21.271

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