With just two more days of testing before the 2010 season gets underway, Michael Schumacher has admitted that his team is not on the pace of its rivals.

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Michael Schumacher says his Mercedes team have some work to do before they are in a position to win this season.

Lewis Hamilton insists that he and fellow World Champion team-mate Jenson Button are maintaining a team effort at McLaren, as opposed to aiming to beat one another this season. The 2008 Champion finished eighth on the timesheets at Barcelona on Friday and will be handing the Mercedes-powered car back over to his compatriot as the weekend begins.

Fernando Alonso admits that he is not certain over which team holds the upper hand with just a fortnight remaining until the 2010 season begins in Bahrain. The former double World Champion does believe, however, that eight drivers stand a better chance of victory than the rest of the field.

Williams Nico Hulkenberg topped the timesheets at Barcelona today as the eleven teams on duty continued their preparations for the season opener in Bahrain, which gets underway in two weeks.

Michael Schumacher does not believe that the Mercedes team will be in a position to challenge for race wins from the start of the upcoming season. The 7-time World Champion registered the seventh fastest time in Barcelona testing on Friday before admitting to GPUpdate.net that the title-defending team will be on a damage limitation exercise over the course of the first handful of 2010 races.

Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg pips Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to the fastest time on the second day of the final pre-season test.

Today's final times from Barcelona, the second day of the final pre-season test.

Williams driver Nico Hülkenberg led the way as pre-season testing continued at Barcelona on Friday. The German topped the timesheets in an official test session for the first time, leading the way from local favourites Fernando Alonso and Pedro de la Rosa, although the Ferrari end the session stranded on the circuit.

Davide Valsecchi charged to victory in today's Feature Race in Bahrain. With this third win, the Italian snatched the title with three races to spare.

Indian driver Karun Chandhok is understood to be close to finalising a deal with Campos Meta, according to the driver's father.

Karun Chandhok has confirmed that he is in talks with the Campos team following its recent management shake-up. The 26-year-old, who competed with Ocean Racing Technology in last year's GP2 championship, would be the second Indian to race in Formula 1, should a deal be confirmed.

The Sauber team has announced that it is beginning a partnership with Mexican Esteban Gutierrez this season, who will attend a number of Grands Prix in order to be more involved in the team's driver development programme.

Fernando Alonso emerged from the pit lane sporting a 'shark fin' engine cover on his Ferrari at Barcelona on Friday as the Maranello team experiments with the changed aerodynamic part.

The times at lunchtime on the second day of testing at Barcelona, where Fernando Alonso heads de la Rosa and Liuzzi.

Nico Hülkenberg believes that the Ferrari and Red Bull teams currently have the legs on the rest of the field as testing continues in Barcelona on Friday. The German, who will complete his pre-season running today before handing the Williams over to team-mate Rubens Barrichello, finished second quickest on Thursday.

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Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton are among the stars in action on the second day of the final pre-season test in Barcelona.

There has been increased talk of driver rankings in recent weeks following the debut of Castrol's world driver rankings system. But haven't we seen it all before?

The Virgin Racing team hopes to see its car back out on-track by mid-morning at the Circuit de Catalunya. The outfit formerly known as Manor GP suffered a setback on Thursday when Lucas di Grassi crashed at the high-speed Campsa corner.

The Virgin Racing team hopes to see its car back out on-track by mid-morning at the Circuit de Catalunya. The outfit formerly known as Manor GP suffered a setback on Thursday when Lucas di Grassi crashed at the high-speed Campsa corner.

With Mark Webber having been fastest as the final 2010 pre-season test kicked off on Thursday, Day 2 of 4 has been welcomed by perfect testing conditions at the Circuit de Catalunya as another large quantity of Spanish fans arrive to see Fernando Alonso in action for the last time before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

The BMW Sauber F1 Team is taking 18-year-old Esteban Gutierrez, who will line up for the ART Grand Prix Team in the new GP3 race series this season, under its wing.