By Nick Sparkes
January 26 2006

Toyota got back into the swing of winter testing, with Olivier Panis and Jarno Trulli putting in the miles in their Toyota TF106’s. But it was Ferrari’s new boy, Felipe Massa who was fastest in a two year old Ferrari. The leader of the new 2006 cars was none other than world champion Alonso. Massa’s F2004 was fitted with a V8 engine, and was clearly the fastest on the track. Fernando Alonso gave Renault its 2006 racer the thumbs up, only a handful of tenths faster than Jenson Button’s Honda which was launched at the start of the day.

Fisichella and Barrichello ended up fourth and fifth respectively, whilst Nick Heidfeld continued to test BMW’s first Formula effort, finishing a convincing sixth.

Toyota worked on set up and tyre work, with Jarno Trulli getting the better of Olivier Panis for seventh and eighth. Although their lap times didn’t show it, it was another good day at the office for both drivers, and the team’s technical director Mike Gascoyne; "It was a very productive day with both cars doing a lot of laps and running reliably. Both drivers were concentrating on Bridgestone tyre work, running a mixture of casing and compound tests. We managed to get through all the work, both drivers are very happy with the car and there are some very clear tyre directions to work on."

1	F. Massa	Ferrari		01:15.664	67
2	F. Alonso	Renault		01:16.200	94
3	J. Button	Honda		01:16.578	72
4	G. Fisichella	Renault		01:16.728	84
5	R. Barrichello	Honda		01:16.737	51
6	N. Heidfeld	BMW		01:17.046	61
7	J. Trulli	Toyota		01:17.068	109
8	O. Panis	Toyota		01:17.422	90
9	JP. Montoya	McLaren		01:17.481	80
10	D. Coulthard	Red Bull		01:17.582	76
11	S. Speed	Scuderia Toro Rosso		01:18.092	85
12	G. Paffett	McLaren		01:18.247	65
13	R. Kubica	BMW		01:20.016	62