BARCELONA TEST DAY TWO
SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY, 2011
Driver Rubens Barrichello
Chassis / engine FW33-01 / CA321
Location Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 4.655km
Objectives Engine mapping, KERS and reliability
Weather Dry and sunny in the morning turning cloudy later in the day
Ambient & track temps 16ºC / 18ºC

Day two of the AT&T Williams Barcelona test would see Rubens Barrichello return to the track and his first effort would be a 1m:32.168. Lap five and he would set a 1m:27.032 followed by lap eight he was down to a 1m:26.910. Alonso would cause the first red flag stopping at Turn Four. His car would be brought back on the back of a truck. Rubens had returned to his pit but would come back out for a longer run setting laps in the 1m:30s and 1m:31s.

Alguersuari would go fastest with a 1m:25.964 as Rubens completed twenty laps. The Torro Rosso driver would find a few tenths to lower his quickest time to a 1m:25.947. After completing a nine lap run Rubens would pit. It was reported that if Bahrain is cancelled that there would be a further test planned. Alonso would return to the track after his team fixed an electrical problem. He would set a 1m:25.908 followed by a 1m:25.438. Rubens had dropped to fourth behind Vettel who had set a 1m:25.849 followed by a 1m:26.158.

Rubens would return to the track at around 9:30AM. On his third lap out Rubens would set a 1m:26.595 finding a few tenths, but he would remain fourth. His next lap was a 1m:26.093 that would see him now third. Alonso would also improve with a 1m:25.299. It was another longer run for Rubens as Di Resta moved up to second, 1m:25.859. Rubens was now fourth and back in the pits. Rubens would again return to the track and he would set a 1m:24.264 followed by a 1m:24.624. That was 1.35 ahead of Alonso. On this series of laps Rubens was setting times in the 1m:24s, 1m:25s, and then 1m:26s. Rubens would complete forty four laps and then pit again.

Rubens would again return to the track and on his second lap back out would set a 1m:24.126 followed by a 1m:24.867. This time he would complete ten laps prior to pitting again. He would average around the mid 1m:26s. Again after a short break Rubens was back out while Vettel would go fastest with a 1m:23.410. Rubens had again lowered his quickest time with a 1m:24.042 on the second lap of his current run. His next series of laps would see him go from the 1m:25s to the 1m:28s, possibly suggesting that he was on the softer tyre. Vettel would improve his time with a 1m:23.315 to be 0.7 seconds ahead of Rubens. Rosberg was now third followed by Di Resta and Alonso. Rubens had completed sixty six laps in the morning session.

After the midday break Rubens would come back out and his times were well off the pace that he had shown in the morning. His first lap was in the 1m:28s followed by a series of laps ranging from 1m:31s to 1m:38s. It was confirmed that the Williams team were running with KERS on the FW33. Rubens would then drop down to laps in the 1m:29s. Despite a red flag caused by Di Resta going off Rubens would continue a very long run completing twelve laps. He would pit followed a short time after by Vettel who was suppose to be on a race simulation but was to have a problem with his car.

With just over an hour remaining Rubens was still in the Williams pit. Just before 3PM and Rubens was back out with his first lap a 1m:32.521. This was followed by a 1m:29.446. His next series of laps were in the 1m:29s and 1m:30s. While on this run Rubens would complete his 100th lap of the day. This would be a longer run for Rubens starting in the 1m29s and dropping off to the 1m:35s. After fifteen laps Rubens would pit, with just over half an hour left in the day.

On his final run for the day Rubens would see his second fastest time beaten by several drivers with Alguersuari second and Alonso third. Rubens would set a time of 1m:24.008 that would see him fourth at the end of the afternoon session.

Sam Michael, Technical Director: It has been another good day of running concentrating on KERS, setup work, long runs and starts, and we’ve had no mechanical issues with the Williams Cosworth driveline. Most of the parts on the car now have done quite a few miles so we're pushing into that zone where you can have high mileage failures. We need to do it now though to avoid failures on race weekends. We're learning more about the Pirelli tyres and how to extract the most out of them - there's definitely going to be some tricks to that this year! Right now the rate of performance development is high for all teams, so it's not possible to put any real indicators on pace order.

Rubens Barrichello: We had a very productive day completing 118 laps which has helped make up for the time we lost yesterday. Today was the first time I was able to use KERS, running with it activated for about 75% of the day so I am feeling happy. We also did some longer runs and I feel we are getting better prepared with everything ready for the start of the season.

AT&T Williams will be back on track tomorrow, Sunday 20 February, with Pastor Maldonado in the FW33 for the third day of the test..

DRIVER      	 TEAM 		  	TIME       BEST / TOTAL
						   LAPS
1 S Vettel 	 Red Bull Racing 	1:23.315   32 / 104
2 J Alguersuari  Toro Rosso 		1:23.519   82 / 97
3 F Alonso 	 Ferrari 		1:23.978   78 / 90
4 R Barrichello  AT&T Williams 		1:24.008   113 / 118
5 N Heidfeld 	 Lotus Renault GP 	1:24.242   37 / 41
6 K Kobayashi 	 Sauber F1 Team 	1:24.243   105 / 125
7 N Rosberg 	 Mercedes GP 		1:24.730   60 / 131
8 J Button 	 McLaren Mercedes 	1:24.923   22 / 54
9 P Di Resta 	 Force India F1 Team 	1:25.194   32 / 80
10 H Kovalainen  Team Lotus 		1:26.421   17 / 58
11 V Petrov 	 Lotus Renault GP 	1:26.884   57 / 61
12 V Liuzzi 	 HRT 			1:27.044   60 / 70
13 T Glock 	 Marussia Virgin Racing 1:27.242   58 / 66
14 R Teixeira 	 Team Lotus 		1:31.584   22 / 26