New Formula One world championship leader Robert Kubica was forced to settle for second best on the first of a three-day test in Barcelona this week.
The BMW Sauber driver currently holds a four-point lead over McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa following his maiden victory in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.
With the teams all testing new components ahead of the forthcoming round of European races, starting with the French Grand Prix in 10 days' time, Kubica set an unofficial time of 1min 22.682sec at the Circuit de Catalunya.
The Pole was one of only two F1 drivers on view, with Red Bull's David Coulthard third quickest only 0.042sec down on Kubica, as seven test drivers had a run out.
It was Ferrari's Luca Badoer who was fastest overall with a lap of 1:22.412, while Sebastien Buemi was fourth for Red Bull, followed by Gary Paffett for McLaren.
Anthony Davidson, back behind the wheel of an F1 car for the first time since the Spanish Grand Prix at the end of April after losing his seat following the demise of Super Aguri, was sixth for Honda.
Williams' Nico Hulkenberg, who completed 112 laps, Romain Grosjean, on his testing debut for Renault, and Tamui Kobayashi in his Toyota were seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively.
Force India and Toro Rosso were absent on a day brought to a close an hour early due to heavy rain.
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