By Nikki Reynolds, F1 Editor - Motorsport.com

The wet weather continued for the last day of testing at Valencia this week,
Ralf Schumacher topping the list of the four drivers that managed to set a
time.  Schumacher clocked a best of 1:36.966 in the Williams FW26, team test
driver Marc Genˆ second fastest. The duo concluded Williams' three-day
session and the team heads to Imola next week for its final winter test
before Melbourne.

"For the penultimate test before the start of the season, Juan, Ralf and
Marc shared testing responsibilities," chief operations engineer Sam Michael
summed up. "Over the three days, the drivers have worked through a lengthy
programme in order to prepare the FW26 for its debut in Melbourne."

The pair of Toyota test drivers were the only other two to make the time
sheet, Ryan Briscoe ahead of Ricardo Zonta. Briscoe was behind the wheel of
the TF103 but only managed a handful of laps, while Zonta switched to the
T104 for the final day for just 13 laps. Toyota moves to Imola next week for
its final pre-season test.

BAR's Takuma Sato paddled out for a lap in the heavy rain before giving it
up as a bad job, and McLaren and Jaguar decided not to bother at all. New
test driver Bjorn Wirdheim never got to see any action as Jaguar worked on
the cars off-track before packing up and heading back to base in the UK.



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