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In fourth place was Rubens Barrichello, who has not encountered problems and did much work with Williams. Behind him, Nick Heidfeld found himself with Renault in sixth.After yesterday's problems, the group decided to split over the day between the drivers and so Heidfeld found the cockpit of the R31 in the afternoon, replacing Vitaly Petrov, who drove all the morning. The seventh fastest time was recorded by Kamui Kobayashi, who with the Sauber car did many laps. 
The good weather continued in Barcelona and the Formula 1 teams have had the opportunity to do an another full day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. In the today tests apparently were tried many different things but one thing has not changed compared to yesterday and this is the namewhich figures in the top of the classifications.
Sebastian Vettel with his RB7 was once again fastest from all and proclaimed the form of Red Bull, which had seen so clearly in previous trials of Jerez. The Vettel scored the fastest lap in a simulated qualifying, leaving the track just two laps, just before the lunch break. The afternoon began a simulation game, which ended after several vacations that included a red flag and a mechanical problem in the car.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso made it two Spaniards in the top three on a day that also saw Vitantonio Liuzzi make his test debut for HRT as the Spanish team seek a 2011 team mate for Narain Karthikeyan. And Lotus tried out Portuguese-Angolan driver Ricardo Teixeira.
In fourth place was Rubens Barrichello, who has not encountered problems and did much work with Williams. Behind him, Nick Heidfeld found himself with Renault in sixth.After yesterday's problems, the group decided to split over the day between the drivers and so Heidfeld found the cockpit of the R31 in the afternoon, replacing Vitaly Petrov, who drove all the morning. The seventh fastest time was recorded by Kamui Kobayashi, who with the Sauber car did many laps. 
Nico Rosberg in the previous trials faced several problems and was unable to do many things. Today, however, the W02 was in good condition without problems which allowed him to complete 131 laps at the Spanish circuit. In afternoon Rosberg did a simulation of a race and it is certain that today his engineers received a lot of important data.
Once again, problems faced the team of McLaren and Jenson Button spent the whole morning helpless in the garage of McLaren. In the afternoon things were better and the British completed 54 laps, marking the eighth time. Back in the 9th place was placed Paul di Resta with Force India and the 10th time period belonged to Heikki Kovalainen for Lotus. Vitaly Petrov with Renault was 11th.
Vitantonio Liuzzi had the opportunity to make a day of testings with his HRT, driving the last year's car so as the team could see if they can work together with the Italian driver who set the 12th time period in the classifications, ahead of Timo Glock of Virgin. The team at the most of the day was waiting for some new parts from the factory, which arrived in the afternoon. The las position in the classifications was taken by Ricardo Teixeira, the Angolan driver who gave the Lotus a chance to do some laps with car in Formula 1. Teixeira was clearly out off his pace as the 26 laps he did were not enough to get accustomed with an F1 car.
Saturday test times from Barcelona:
1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:23.315, 104 laps
2. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:23.519, 97
3. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:23.978, 90
4. Rubens Barrichello, Williams, 1:24.008, 118
5. Nick Heidfeld, Renault, 1:24.242, 41
6. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:24.243, 125
7. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:24.730, 131
8. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:24.923, 54
9. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:25.194, 80
10. Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus, 1:26.421, 58
11. Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:26.884, 61
12. Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT, 1:27.044, 70
13. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:27.242, 66
14. Ricardo Teixeira, Lotus, 1:31.584, 26
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