Luca Badoer made it three-out-of-three for Ferrari today, as the Italian ensured that the Italian team topped the timesheets for the third successive day.

Badoer was joined by Marc Gene as the team continued the work begun on Tuesday, which centred around endurance running, experimentation with new components and working on finding the best set-up on the 248 F1.

Second quickest was Heikki Kovalainen, as Renault continues to make progress with Bridgestone, with (teammate) Nelson Piquet finishing eighth quickest.

The final day's running proved extremely positive for the two Renault drivers, who completed a total of 212 laps – nearly 2500 km. Kovalainen ran for the first time with the new 2007 gearbox, while Piquet worked on tyre evaluation and data acquisition with the Japanese manufacturer.

"This was a good last day of testing," said Christian Silk. "When we arrived in Barcelona, our main aim was to understand how to run the car, in collaboration with our new partner Bridgestone. We achieved that, which is very positive.

"The whole team put in a lot of effort this week, working late into the night to prepare the cars and analyse the data. And I think the progress we have made over the three days shows the effort was worth it. We will now continue in the same direction, and we hope to have made solid progress by the team we conclude testing before Christmas."

A late improvement saw Robert Kubica finish up third quickest, as he concentrated on tyre testing as well as running a new gearbox. Due to a hydraulic problem the Pole lost time in the morning, but continued in the afternoon with several long and short runs.

For Timo Glock, it was his first day in the F1.06. He used the first laps to familiarise himself with the car and then began working on the set-up. He completed 100 laps without any problems and the team was happy with his work.

"The characteristics of an F1 car is quite different from a GP2 car," said the German, "so it took me some laps in the morning to adapt my driving style. It's a fantastic feeling to drive this car. Particularly in the fast corners where the speed is really impressive. I did many laps today and was able to improve constantly, so I'm really happy, and I'm looking forward to my next test in Jerez."

According to the German team it was a productive test that enabled it to gather a lot information particularly on the new tyres.

Lewis Hamilton completed his third day of testing for McLaren, however, less than a week after being named as the team's number two for 2007, attention was focussed across the Woking team's garage on double World Champion Mika Hakkinen, who was returning to an F1 cockpit after a break of exactly five years.

The Finn took thing cautiously, for in Formula One a lot can change in five years. As the day progressed his times improved, and be the end of the session having completed 79 laps he was just over 3s off the pace.

"It has been an exciting day for me and I have really enjoyed the opportunity to drive a Formula 1 car after a five year break," said the Finn." I spent the morning acclimatising to the environment of the cockpit again and just getting to grips with driving a 2006 car.