Engines go silent on testing weekAs late afternoon fell on Thursday, the wail of F1 engines went silent as the Silverstone test wound up.
Overall, Renault's two race drivers sat atop a list of the three-day test's quickest drivers, but
Rubens Barrichello (Honda) and
Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren Mercedes) were not far behind.
A few spots of rain fell on the final day, but the real interruption came courtesy of a seemingly never-ending run of red flags.
BMW Sauber, Williams Cosworth and MF1 Toyota also wrapped up their English agendas, as did Toro Rosso who had reclaimed Vitantonio Liuzzi after the Italian earlier wrote off a Red Bull RB2.
Adrian Sutil was Thursday's slowest after just ten laps, and his Midland-owned employer confirmed that he will be making his 'Friday' debut at the upcoming Nurburgring race.
At Paul Ricard in the south of France, meanwhile, testing will continue on Friday. On Thursday, rain dampened Toyota and Ferrari's spirits, but it did not stop
Michael Schumacher from joining the action, nor
Jarno Trulli from doing 130 laps in the new TF106B chassis.
At Fiorano, Schumacher's team-mate Felipe Massa also worked in poor weather conditions.
E.A. Source GMM
