The Brazilian driver recorded the best time of the day out of the seven drivers present, despite encountering a very difficult morning session, which included many red flags with one breakdown out on the circuit for the Jordan team. The second half of the day ran a lot more smoothly and Ricardo ended up completing a total of 57 laps to post a 1:24.31, under a tenth of a second quicker than the BAR of Olivier Panis.

The afternoon was spent focusing on tyre evaluation, chassis set-up and aerodynamics and today will see regular driver, Jarno Trulli join the action as both drivers continue with the team's scheduled program.