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Ralf finishes four-day test in Spain

The Toyota F1 team completed its extended test at Barcelona today with a final day of running around the Circuit de Catalunya. Unfortunately the mixed weather of the week continued and after the morning dawned sunny, clouds soon took over and rain began falling at 12.30pm.

Around lunch Ralf Schumacher had already put in over 40 laps of work on aerodynamics and suspension set-up. On the damp track Ralf did some further work on systems but not many more laps due to the limited mileage in this year's testing regulations.

Ralf Schumacher commented on this week's test session: "The weather has been difficult this week but it has still been quite a successful test for us. Today I spent the morning working on some comparisons on aero parts and some suspension set-up. We had no technical problems and we made it through most our programme.

"Unfortunately we had rain at lunchtime but that is the same for everyone. After that we just concentrated on starts and system work. The week has gone well and I feel positive about the coming grand prix. When we come back here to Barcelona next week we will have a chance to see where we stand against the other teams."

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