After so much poor weather at Barcelona over the past two weeks it was a welcome relief for all the teams to have a full day of dry running on Tuesday.

Panasonic Toyota Racing has this week brought two cars featuring its new aerodynamics package for the first time so race drivers Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock both had busy days as the team collects data in preparation for the Australian Grand Prix on March 16.

“We have made good progress today,” said Jarno. “We made it through a lot of different set-up work and we had a strong long run in the afternoon. The car seems more suited to long runs than to a single flying lap at the moment. So we still have some work to do in order to get a qualifying lap because that is important for the race. But in general it was a positive day.”

Both drivers did aero testing today along with work on brakes and set-up. Timo and Jarno will return to the track today hoping for similar conditions for the last full day of testing before Melbourne.

“After all the disruptions due to the weather it was good to get a full day of running at last. But it was a difficult day for me,” Timo said. “We spent the day looking at set-up but with all the changes we struggled to make the most of the improved track conditions and the extra grip. So we will have to analyse why that is overnight and aim to make a step forward tomorrow.”