Renault remained at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today to continue with its preparations for the 2008 season. The team was operating two R28s with Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet on driving duty. 

The weather continued to dominate proceedings at Barcelona on the second day of this week's test programme for Toyota . There was again rain before the start of the day's running and regular showers after that ensured that most of the action took place on a wet track. The 2008 restrictions on testing mileage and tyres mean that most teams did not do much morning running and Toyota was no exception. Conditions improved in the afternoon and Jarno Trulli finished with 46 laps of set-up and aerodynamics work. Timo Glock's track time was even more limited, putting in a single installation lap in the morning before some longer set-up runs in the afternoon. "That was only half a day's work for me today because the morning was too wet for us to gain anything from testing," said Glock. "In the afternoon we did some running in the wet conditions - first on heavy wet tyres, changing to standard wet tyres. The track conditions changed quite a lot as the track dried out but not enough. It was difficult to draw conclusion

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Massa quickest as rain continues to fall

Ferrari's Felipe Massa topped the times in testing at Barcelona on Wednesday as cold and wet weather once again stymied teams' planned programmes.

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa completed the fastest lap of the day at Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday. The Brazilian completed a total of 46 laps with a fastest lap time of 1.30.673.

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Bad weather continues to hit Barcelona

There wasn't only poor weather in Barcelona, but in Valencia the BMW-Sauber F1 team was also hindered by the bad weather conditions in Spain. Due to the damp conditions on track both Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld were able to complete only a few laps.

Renault returned to the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on Tuesday to resume its preparations for the 2008 season. The team was again running two R28s and will remain in Barcelona for the next couple of weeks to continue with the development of the new car.