All Formula One teams and drivers, except BAR's Jacques Villeneuve and along with Honda's Jos Verstappen, began an extensive testing session today, which will see all teams run preparations for the coming Grand Prix, which will be held on the same circuit.

Testing will take place for the next four days.

Barcelona Testing, Day One - Times

Pos  Driver         Team                Time     
 1.  Hakkinen       McLaren-Mercedes    1:22.680 
 2.  Coulthard      McLaren-Mercedes    1:23.900 
 3.  R. Schumacher  Williams-Supertec   1:23.963 
 4.  Salo           BAR-Supertec        1:23.966 
 5.  Fisichella     Benetton-Playlife   1:24.223 
 6.  Verstappen     Honda               1:24.275 
 7.  Irvine         Ferrari             1:24.388 
 8.  M. Schumacher  Ferrari             1:24.505 
 9.  Frentzen       Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:24.526 
10.  Barrichello    Stewart-Ford        1:24.558 
11.  Zanardi        Williams-Supertec   1:24.694 
12.  Hill           Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:24.710 
13.  Trulli         Prost-Peugeot       1:24.831 
14.  Alesi          Sauber-Petronas     1:24.833 
15.  Panis          Prost-Peugeot       1:25.147 
16.  Herbert        Stewart-Ford        1:25.615 
17.  Diniz          Sauber-Petronas     1:25.884 
18.  Wurz           Benetton-Playlife   1:26.039 
19.  Takagi         Arrows-TWR          1:26.212 
20.  Badoer         Minardi-Ford        1:26.275 
21.  Le Marie       BAR-Supertec        1:26.874 
22.  de la Rosa     Arrows-TWR          1:26.958 
23.  Mazzacane      Minardi-Ford        1:28.559