Silverstone test - day two: 29 May.

Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello set the pace today [Wednesday] at the Silverstone circuit, England.

Barrichello completed 47 laps and posted a best time of 1 minute 22.055 seconds - two tenths up on the next fastest driver, McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen. The Brazilian was working on set up in the F2002 in preparation for the British Grand Prix in July.

David Coulthard meanwhile back at work following victory at the Monaco GP, was third in the second McLaren-Mercedes MP4-17. DC completed 40 laps and was three tenths slower than his team-mate, Raikkonen.

Jaguar's Eddie Irvine was fourth, with Ralf Schumacher fifth and the Renault's of Jenson Button and Jarno Trulli sixth and seventh. Button was fractionally up on his Italian team-mate, with a best lap of 1 minute 23.186 seconds.

Mike Gascoyne - Renault's Technical Director - noted: "We had a useful day at Silverstone. Jarno and Jenson were both happy with the progress they made during the morning, whereas our tyre work during the afternoon was focused on the forthcoming races this season."

Following on from the two Renault's was 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve. He was joined by BAR-Honda test driver, Patrick Lemarie, who was two seconds off the pace of his team-mate and 16th fastest overall.

Arrows' Enrique Bernoldi and BMW WilliamsF1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya rounded off the top ten. JPM completed 16 laps and set a best time of 1m 24.608s. Eleventh was Felipe Massa, who spent the day continuing preparation work for the Canadian GP.

Massa noted: "The conditions were better this morning than they were yesterday, and though there was a high wind the track was dry. We worked through most of our intended schedule and continued it after lunch, when we also did some suspension set-up development. Overall, apart from the frustrating weather, it's been another reasonably productive day."

Next up was the two Jordan's - Takuma Sato fractionally quicker than Giancarlo Fisichella - and then the two Toyota's, piloted by race drivers Allan McNish and Mika Salo. Patrick Lemarie was 16th and Jaguar's James Courtney and Pedro de la Rosa, were 17th and 18th, the only other runners at the track.

Testing continues tomorrow [Thursday].

Leading times (29 May) - Silverstone:

1. Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1m 22.055 47 laps*
2. Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes 1m 22.210s 61 laps**
3. David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1m 22.510s 40 laps**
4. Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1m 23.080s 33 laps**
5. Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1m 23.158s 55 laps**
6. Jenson Button Renault 1m 23.186s 55 laps**
7. Jarno Trulli Renault 1m 23.399s 41 laps**
8. Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1m 23.782s 54 laps*
9. Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth 1m 24.367 47 laps*
10. Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1m 24.608s 16 laps**
11. Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1m 24.783s 39 laps*
12. Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda 1m 24.829s 14 laps*
13. Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Honda 1m 25.031s 23 laps*
14. Allan McNish Toyota 1m 25.434s 20 laps**
15. Mika Salo Toyota 1m 25.886s 16 laps**
16. Patrick Lemarie BAR-Honda 1m 25.895s 28 laps*
17. James Courtney Jaguar-Cosworth 1m 26.638s 19 laps**
18. Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 1m 31.891s 9 laps**

Key:
* Bridgestone tyres
** Michelin tyres

Weather / Track Conditions: Cloudy, then rain in afternoon.