Yesterday, the second last test session closed out leaving just Barcelona left before the start of the 2008 season. It is now pretty clear where teams will stack up come the season start and despite hours and hours of work some teams just haven’t accomplished their goals while others like say Ferrari have caused frustration for just about everyone.

[tag]Giancarlo Fisichella[/tag] echoes this with his stunning statement that Ferrari are the best and probably will dominate through the early part of the season with [tag]McLaren[/tag] close behind, and then the rest.

He is pleased with the progress and performance of his car and is predicting a faster car after a new update in Barcelona.

“At the beginning of the season it will be hard to stay out of the bottom (of the field), but we hope that we can gradually improve.”

[tag]Toyota[/tag] sat near the bottom of time sheets through most of testing, but pulled out something good in the last week with some pretty respectable times and are one of the few that have closed gaps to teams previously ahead of them. Their senior general chassis manager is now predicting serious gains between now and season start.

[tag]David Coulthard[/tag] has decided to lift spirits of [tag]Red Bull[/tag] fans by telling them not to believe too much in the test times Red Bull are pulling off. He says not to expect Red Bull to be front runners just yet.

[tag]Jenson Button[/tag], up and down with his feelings on his car says Honda made ‘good progress’ in Jerez, but more work is still needed and they are moving in the right direction.

Over 2 seconds off the pace with only a month to go? Yes, a lot more work is needed.

01 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:17.974 96 laps
02 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:18.485 107 laps
03 K. Nakajima Williams 1:19.117 90 laps
04 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:19.429 83 laps
05 R. Kubica BMW 1:19.535 129 laps
06 S. Vettel Toro Rosso 1:19.688 53 laps
07 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:19.817 134 laps
08 S. Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:19.848 101 laps
09 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:19.934 116 laps
10 M. Webber Red Bull 1:19.980 107 laps
11 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:20.669 89 laps
12 J. Button Honda 1:20.988 121 laps
13 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:21.010 103 laps
14 N. Hulkenberg Williams 1:21.116 71 laps
15 L. Di Grassi Renault 1:21.286 73 laps
16 A. Wurz Honda 1:21.605 103 laps

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