McLaren's test driver Nick Heidfeld finished top during the continued testing at Jerez on Wednesday, setting a time of 1:25.01, half a second faster than the time teammate David Coulthard had set in the previous day.

Ralf Schumacher was second, just 0.04 of a second off Heidfeld, happy at the performance of the Williams car so far.

Eddie Irvine was third for Ferrari (see Ferrari's test report), while Heinz-Harald Frentzen was fourth in the Jordan. Coulthard was off the pace in 5th place and Williams driver Alex Zanardi in 6th.

Again - McLaren, Williams, Ferrari, Jordan, Sauber and Prost where the present teams.

Circuit of Jerez, Spain. Length: 4.428 km

Driver       Team          Best time       Laps
Heidfeld     McLaren       1:25.01         71               
Schumacher.R Williams      1:25.05         54
Irvine       Ferrari       1:25.38         45
Frentzen     Jordan        1:25.57         64
Coulthard    McLaren       1:25.79         50
Zanardi      Williams      1:26.06         75
Badoer       Ferrari       1:26.60         47
Diniz        Sauber        1:26.62         32
Sarrazin     Prost         1:26.88         80
Trulli       Prost         1:27.44         17
Muller       Sauber        1:31.60                

Weather: sunny and dry