By Nick Sparkes
June 2 2006

The second day of testing at Barcelona once again saw Toyota high up on the time sheets. Under sunny weather Ricardo Zonta moved onto the TF106, with Jarno Trulli taking over in the TF106B. The pair finished half a second apart, and are confident of a return to form at Silverstone next weekend. Michael Schumacher finished the day fastest, after beating the unofficial track record with a 1.13.471. The same couldn’t be said for teammate Luca Badoer who smashed his Ferrari into the tyre barriers at turn three, finishing his day before it had really began, although Badoer’s early time still saw him finish in the top ten.

Renault’s Heikki Kovalainen was second, whilst Ricardo Zonta was half a second down the road in third.

Zonta’s final day was very successful, with the Brazilian predicting a strong showing at Silverstone next weekend, where he hopes the car will be at its most competitive. "I think today's testing shows positive results. Being the third fastest in the times shows that the car can be competitive. Everything on the car was feeling good and we collected quite a bit of information, like temperature measurements and brake comparison data. Building on this week's experience, Silverstone should see better results for the team."

Nico Rosberg was a strong fourth for Williams, whilst Giancarlo Fisichella finished eight tenths behind his teammate in fifth. Jarno Trulli finished ahead of both Honda’s and McLaren’s in fifth.

For Jarno the reliability issues continued, with his day cut short by gearbox worries. This comes only a few days after his first points, and indeed his first podium of 2006 were dashed just 5 laps from the end when his Toyota stopped. Yet, Jarno is keeping his faith and confidence. "Today's agenda was to work on the B-car's set-up, yet we had a lot of delays for red lights and adjustments on the car. Nevertheless, I drove quite a few laps until we were forced to finish a little early at the end of the test session because the gearbox on my car needed to be worked on. Tomorrow I will drive the B-car again and we will continue to focus on set-up variations for Silverstone."

Tomorrow Toyota plan to do some long runs and tyre evaluation for Silverstone, the team making the most of the larger fuel tank implanted into the new TF106B.

1	M. Schumacher		Ferrari		01:13.471	82
2	H. Kovalainen		Renault		01:14.174	120
3	R. Zonta		Toyota		01:14.696	106
4	N. Rosberg		Williams		01:14.731	87
5	G. Fisichella		Renault		01:14.854	112
6	J. Trulli		Toyota		01:14.131	102
7	P. de la Rosa		McLaren		01:15.238	84
8	J. Villeneuve		BMW		01:15.526	111
9	J. Button		Honda		01:15.590	109
10	L. Badoer		Ferrari		01:15.637	27
11	JP. Montoya		McLaren		01:15.652	61
12	N. Heidfeld		BMW		01:15.783	125
13	R. Barrichello		Honda		01:15.826	96
14	C. Klien		Red Bull		01:15.871	65
15	R. Doornbos		Red Bull		01:17.018	115
16	A. Wurz		Williams		01:17.188	83
17	N. Jani		Scuderia Toro Rosso		01:17.224	92