Day Two At Paul Ricard

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was the star of the show during Thursday's testing for all ten teams at the Paul Ricard circuit.

Raikkonen, who was a distant second fastest to Lewis Hamilton on Wednesday, today finished well ahead of McLaren completing 102 laps with a best time of 1m05.381s. The Finnish driver was said to be very pleased with the results Ferrari's new downforce package was producing.

Lewis Hamilton was rested for Thursday's session and was replaced in the McLaren test car by team mate Heikki Kovalainen whose best time was a tenth of a second slower than that of his compatriot Raikkonen.

BMW's Robert Kubica came in with the third fastest time for the second consecutive day, with David Coulthard a strong fourth and Jenson Button fifth for Honda. Toro Rosso's new car, the STR3 impressd again, Sebastian Bourdais completing the sixth fastest time over the course of the day.

Friday will see the Paul Ricard circuit reconfigured to simulate conditions similar to those the drivers will face in Montreal in around a months time.