BARCELONA TEST

There was a wet start to the day's testing in Barcelona, Jos Verstappen in A21-01 ran 38 laps on wets in the morning completing some valuable wet set up work for the team. Chassis A21-02's gearbox problem from Sunday proved more serious then at first thought, hence the car was sidelined for the day as the crew waited for parts to arrive from the team's Leafield base.

The circuit dried out by 2pm allowing Jos to make the switch to grooved tyres, he continued to work on race set up and completed a simulated race stint including a pit stop. To finish the day Jos had a new tyre run to set a time and confirmed the pace of the new Arrows A21 by setting a 1:20.36 lap time.

In total Jos ran 93 laps and his second race distance in as many days.

Chassis A21-01 now returns to the UK to finish it's preparations for the opening race of the season, while Pedro de la Rosa will continue testing with the second car tomorrow.

The times we recorded during the day were: -