After another wet-dry week of testing at Jerez, itv.com/f1 summarises each team's position heading towards the final few days of pre-season running.
We've also compiled the full stats from the winter so far to show which teams are looking swift and which are struggling after three weeks of 2010 preparations.
McLaren
Driver schedule: Weds/Thurs - Hamilton, Fri/Sat - Button
Best time: Button, 1m18.871s, Sat
Day by day results: (Weds to Sat) 2nd, 9th, 3rd, 1st
Total laps: 338
Jenson Button had the best of the weather this week, with Lewis Hamilton unable to get much done during his two days on a soggy track.
Last year's world champion thoroughly enjoyed Friday and Saturday, though, getting ever more comfortable in the McLaren and setting the best time of the winter at Jerez during a short run on Saturday morning.
Mercedes GP
Driver schedule: Weds/Fri - Schumacher, Thurs/Sat - Rosberg
Best time: Rosberg, 1m20.061s, Sat
Day by day results: 6th, 4th, 5th, 5th
Total laps: 391
Longer runs were the plan for Mercedes this week, at least once the rain cleared.
Both Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg left Jerez satisfied, having covered plenty of mileage, set promising times throughout their stints, and encountered no problems.
Red Bull
Driver schedule: Weds/Thurs - Vettel, Fri/Sat - Webber
Best time: Webber, 1m19.299s, Fri
Day by day results: 1st, 3rd, 1st, 8th
Total laps: 371
After its quiet start in the first Jerez test, Red Bull showed its hand this week and topped two of the four days.
Sebastian Vettel was stuck with a wet track for his two days, while Mark Webber enjoyed all the dry running.
Reliability remains a slight concern - both Webber's days were interrupted by problems, including an engine change on Saturday.
Ferrari
Driver schedule: Weds/Thurs - Massa, Fri/Sat - Alonso
Best time: 1m20.115s, Alonso, Fri
Day by day results: 3rd, 5th, 2nd, 6th
Total laps: 433
Week three of testing was all about long runs and gaining maximum mileage for Ferrari.
The team was thrilled with its reliability, and after once again setting relentlessly quick times on some very long runs, Fernando Alonso confidently declared the F10 the greatest car he had ever driven.
Williams
Driver schedule: Weds/Thurs - Barrichello, Fri/Sat - Hulkenberg
Best time: Hulkenberg, 1m21.432s, Fri
Day by day results: 10th, 1st, 4th, 9th
Total laps: 482
Lots and lots of laps for Williams, which focused on race simulations - including pit stop practice - for much of the week.
Times were reasonable rather than headline-grabbing, although Rubens Barrichello was quickest in the wet on Thursday, but both drivers also lost some time to gremlins.
Renault
Driver schedule: Weds/Thurs - Petrov, Fri/Sat - Kubica
Best time: Kubica, 1m19.114s, Sat
Day by day results: 9th, 2nd, 6th, 2nd
Total laps: 328
Vitaly Petrov was stuck with the wet weather again, but he did manage to complete a good number of laps - and impressed by going second quickest on Thursday.
Robert Kubica was also satisfied when he took over for the final two days, and was encouraged by both the car's pace and the obvious progress Renault was making.
Force India
Driver schedule: Weds - di Resta and Sutil, Thurs - di Resta and Liuzzi, Fri - Sutil, Sat - Liuzzi
Best time: Liuzzi, 1m19.650s, Sat
Day by day results: 7th/8th, 7th/9th, 7th, 4th
Total laps: 285
Test driver Paul di Resta joined Tonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil for the second test, and although all the Scot's mileage was on wet days, he still felt that was good experience for the future.
Force India again showed promising pace when it dried, but the two race drivers were keen to get more dry mileage in the final test to try and better understand this year's tyres after some graining issues.
Toro Rosso
Driver schedule: Weds/Thurs - Buemi, Fri/Sat - Alguersuari
Best time: Alguersuari, 1m21.053s, Sat
Day by day results: 4th, 11th, 8th, 7th
Total laps: 395
At Toro Rosso it was Sebastien Buemi who got all the wet weather, while Jaime Alguersuari enjoyed the dry days.
There were few spectacular times, but the team completed plenty of race practice and reliability work, and feels in good shape heading to the final test.
Virgin
Driver schedule: Weds/Thurs/Sat - Glock, Fri - di Grassi
Best time: Glock, 1m22.433s, Sat
Day by day results: 12th, 8th, 10th, 10th
Total laps: 144
Niggling hydraulic problems, and also a few excursions from the drivers, limited Virgin's running again in its second test.
The hydraulic issue could not be resolved at the circuit, so the team just had to press on and do what it could in the few laps it could manage - and despite its difficulties, it was respectably close to the pace.
Lotus
Driver schedule: Weds - Fauzy, Thurs/Fri - Kovalainen, Sat - Trulli
Best time: Trulli, 1m23.470s, Sat
Day by day results: 11th, 12th, 11th, 11th
Total laps: 315
Although Lotus did not set the timesheets alight on its first test, it completed a large number of laps - despite Heikki Kovalainen losing time with a few technical problems and a crash on his days.
The team wasn't trying to push for times this week either, instead focusing on acclimatisation work on heavy fuel and long stints, and is confident it has a great basis for progress when it does start showing its true potential.
Sauber
Driver schedule: Weds/Thurs - de la Rosa, Fri/Sat - Kobayashi
Best time: Kobayashi, 1m19.881s, Sat
Day by day results: 5th, 6th, 8th, 3rd
Total laps: 229
Pedro de la Rosa was desperate for some dry running after another wet day as testing began, and when Thursday dawned wet again, Sauber decided there was little point running at all, and spent most of the day in the pits.
A fuel system problem on Friday meant Kamui Kobayashi had a quiet day too, but he was still pleased with what he achieved when he did hit the track, and he underlined Sauber's form with a strong third place on Saturday.
Combined testing times from Jerez week 2
1 BUTTON McLaren 1m18.871s
2 KUBICA Renault 1m19.114s
3 KOBAYASHI Sauber 1m19.188s
4 WEBBER Red Bull 1m19.299s
5 LIUZZI Force India 1m19.650s
6 ROSBERG Mercedes 1m20.061s
7 ALONSO Ferrari 1m20.115s
8 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso 1m21.053s
9 HULKENBERG Williams 1m21.432s
10 SCHUMACHER Mercedes 1m21.437s
11 SUTIL Force India 1m21.939s
12 GLOCK Virgin 1m22.433s
13 VETTEL Red Bull 1m22.593s
14 HAMILTON McLaren 1m23.017s
15 MASSA Ferrari 1m23.204s
16 BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m23.322s
17 DE LA ROSA Sauber 1m23.367s
18 TRULLI Lotus 1m23.470s
19 DI GRASSI Virgin 1m23.504s
20 KOVALAINEN Lotus 1m23.521s
21 DI RESTA Force India 1m25.088s
22 PETROV Renault 1m26.237s
23 BARRICHELLO Williams 1m27.145s
24 FAUZY Lotus 1m31.848s
COMBINED TIMES FROM ALL 8 DAYS AT JEREZ
1 BUTTON McLaren 1m18.871s
2 KUBICA Renault 1m19.114s
3 KOBAYASHI Sauber 1m19.188s
4 WEBBER Red Bull 1m19.299s
5 HAMILTON McLaren 1m19.583s
6 LIUZZI Force India 1m19.650s
7 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso 1m19.919s
8 BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m20.026s
9 ROSBERG Mercedes 1m20.061s
10 ALONSO Ferrari 1m20.115s
11 SUTIL Force India 1m20.180s
12 BARRICHELLO Williams 1m20.341s
13 SCHUMACHER Mercedes 1m20.613s
14 HULKENBERG Williams 1m20.629s
15 DE LA ROSA Sauber 1m20.736s
16 VETTEL Red Bull 1m21.203s
17 MASSA Ferrari 1m21.485s
18 PETROV Renault 1m22.000s
19 GLOCK Virgin 1m22.433s
20 DI GRASSI Virgin 1m22.912s
21 TRULLI Lotus 1m23.470s
22 KOVALAINEN Lotus 1m23.521s
23 DI RESTA Force India 1m25.088s
24 FAUZY Lotus 1m31.848s
TEAMS' TOTAL MILEAGE AT JEREZ WEEK 2 TEST
1 Williams 1,326 miles
2 Ferrari 1,192 miles
3 Toro Rosso 1,087 miles
4 Mercedes 1,076 miles
5 Red Bull 1,021 miles
6 McLaren 930 miles
7 Renault 903 miles
8 Lotus 867 miles
9 Force India 784 miles
10 Sauber 630 miles
11 Virgin 396 miles
DRIVERS' TOTAL MILEAGE FROM ALL 3 TESTS
1 Felipe Massa 1,659 miles
2 Rubens Barrichello 1,593 miles
3 Robert Kubica 1,588 miles
4 Nico Hulkenberg 1,583 miles
5 Jaime Alguersuari 1,436 miles
6 Fernando Alonso 1,415 miles
7 Michael Schumacher 1,400 miles
8 Nico Rosberg 1,254 miles
9 Sebastien Buemi 1,253 miles
10 Jenson Button 1,197 miles
11 Lewis Hamilton 1,125 miles
12 Kamui Kobayashi 1,075 miles
13 Pedro de la Rosa 1,067 miles
14 Mark Webber 966 miles
15 Sebastian Vettel 872 miles
16 Vitaly Petrov 756 miles
17 Tonio Liuzzi 702 miles
18 Adrian Sutil 627 miles
19 Jarno Trulli 388 miles
20 Timo Glock 347 miles
21 Paul di Resta 294 miles
22 Lucas di Grassi 289 miles
23 Heikki Kovalainen 270 miles
24 Gary Paffett 216 miles
25 Fairuz Fauzy 209 miles
TEAMS' TOTAL MILEAGE FROM ALL 3 TESTS
1 Williams 3,176 miles
2 Ferrari 3,074 miles
3 Toro Rosso 2,689 miles
4 Mercedes 2,653 miles
5 McLaren 2,539 miles
6 Sauber 2,143 miles
7 Red Bull 1,838 miles
8 Renault 1,804 miles
9 Force India 1,624 miles
10 Lotus 867 miles
11 Virgin 636 miles
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