Today's F1 testing in Barcelona is done. David Coulthard ended dominating the day being over a second faster than the others. Montoya had some problems in the Williams and caused a red flag. Also Olivier Panis's Toyota had a oil leak. Today's times:

David Coulthard, McLaren, 1:15.266, 61 laps
Marc Gene, Williams, 1:16.568, 69
Nick Heidfeld, Sauber, 1:16.688, 81
Juan-Pablo Montoya, Williams, 1:16.828, 39
Olivier Panis, Toyota, 1:17.066, 34
Alexander Wurz, McLaren, 1:17.307, 48
Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Sauber, 1.17:909, 68
Cristiano da Matta, Toyota, 1:19.092, 38
Olivier Beretta, Williams, 1:19.160, 53

BAR launch

British American Racing unveiled their 2003 racer in Barcelona Fair Centre. Key team personnel including the whole driver lineup were present to express their views about the new car. David Richards highlighted the team's ambition to real racing and the fact that the car had been desingned by a rearranged design team. Technical director Geoff Willis was full of enthusiasm with his creation that had just passed all FIA safety tests and the engine that had lasted finely in bench testing. Jenson Button will do the initial shakedown of the car tomorrow.

Some photos from the launch:

13:00 pm

It's over midday in Barcelona and the weather has warmed up from the morning. Teams who have ran this morning are McLaren (David Coulthard and Alexander Wurz), Williams (Juan-Pablo Montoya, Mark Gene and Olivier Beretta (!)), Sauber (Nick Heidfeld and Heinz-Harald Frentzen) and Toyota (Olivier Panis and Cristiano da Matta). David Coulthard is currently the fastest with 1:16.911. Toyota and Sauber are running their new cars with Panis and da Matta.

We still waiting one of our photographers to arrive from the BAR launch.

10:00 am

We have arrived to Circuit de Catalunya where the first major test session of the year 2003 is taking place with almost all teams present. The weather is a bit cold but sunny. One of our photographers is at the moment covering the BAR launch at the Montjuic exhibition centre and we are hoping to have some pictures here later today. We will also have regular updates on the site during this week, so keep on visiting Racing Images.