Fisichella a close second in the new Renault.

Petrov joins Pantano at Campos

Test Times: Valencia - 31-01

Renault today continued testing in Valencia, in spite of unpredictable conditions that once again forced the team to adapt its technical programme. Following an installation lap when the circuit opened, the two Renaults then waited for the circuit to improve before beginning their programme. A sunny spell around 13:00 meant the track was finally good enough for meaningful running.

Fernando Alonso stayed on top of the timesheets on day two at Valencia - but only just as three of his closest rivals clawed back the first day deficit.

Renault's drivers were second and third.

On the second day of testing at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia it was once again McLaren driver Fernando Alonso who topped the times. Renault drivers Fisichella and Kovalainen followed him with a second and third time.

Renault will not purely focus on work specific to the GP weekend on revamped Fridays.

On Tuesday Mark Webber was covering the miles for Red Bull Racing at Valencia wearing a completely new white helmet. The Australian explained the helmet was a try-out for Red Bull's chief designer Adrian Newey.

RBR test driver Robert Doornbos says he is still targeting a race drive in Champ Cars.

Pedro de la Rosa revealed that Hamilton's crashed caused a big delay in McLaren's test programme. Hamilton crashed at Valencia last week with a new MP4-22. But most important obviously was that the care is safe and Hamilton could step out of the car unhurt.

JPM says he went in search of a new challenge in NASCAR after F1 lost its sense of fun.

According to speculations Adrian Valles will join Spyker F1 as the team's official test driver for 2007. The Spaniard would help developing the car raced by the team's race drivers Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil.