Honda back on the pace as Barrichello leads the way

HONDA continued to underline their recent improvement as Rubens Barrichello led the way on the second day of testing in Barcelona.

However, his lap of one minute 18.928 seconds was set on slick tyres as teams this week use some of the time to evaluate the Bridgestone rubber ahead of their use from the start of the 2009 season.

The time was 0.6secs slower than that set by Ferrari’s Felipe Massa on slicks on the opening day of the four-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya yesterday.