Monday 17 November at 18:25 : Takuma Sato was the quickest driver today in Barcelona. De Japanese driver who is still without a contract next year tested for Scuderia Toro Rosso. The same did Sebastian Buemi who clocked the second fastest laptime.

Bruno Senna was faster as Lucas di Grassi on their first day of testing at Honda.

Sebastian Loeb impressed at a promotional drive at Red Bull as he posted the 7th time. Giedo van der Garde tested for Renault today because he won the World Series by Renault last year. The Dutchman had a difficult day as he spunn off in the afternoon.

Test session Barcelona, dag 1
1 T. Sato Scuderia Toro Rosso 01:20.763 121
2 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 01:21.071 117
3 A. Wurz Honda 01:21.198 77
4 P. de la Rosa McLaren 01:21.417 65
5 G. Paffett McLaren 01:21.956 78
6 L. Badoer Ferrari 01:22.038 94
7 R. Kubica BMW 01:22.341 56
8 S. Loeb Red Bull 01:22.003 82
9 N. Piquet jr. Renault 01:22.560 80
10 C. Klien BMW 01:22.883 53
11 N. Hulkenberg Williams 01:23.794 86
12 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 01:23.794 86
13 A. Sutil Force India F1 01:23.832 88
14 M. Gené Ferrari 01:24.177 32
15 B. Senna Honda 01:24.343 39
16 G. van der Garde Renault 01:24.908 32
17 L. Di Grassi Honda 01:25.512 48