Rubens Barrichello was fastest in official Formula One testing on Thursday while Heikki Kovalainen crashed the new Lotus on its second day back on the track.

Wet conditions again hampered the teams, who have just two more days in Jerez and next week's test in Barcelona before the season-opening race in Bahrain on March 14.

Brazil's Barrichello set a top lap time of 1 minute 27.145 with newcomer Vitaly Petrov of Russia second quickest in the Renault.

TIMES (All timings are unofficial)

Pos /Driver /Car/Time /Laps 

1. Rubens Barrichello Williams1:27.145  98 2. Vitaly Petrov  Renault    1:27.828 56 3. Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull1:28.162  70 4. Nico Rosberg  Mercedes Petronas  1:28.515  71 5. Felipe Massa  Ferrari    1:28.879  92 6. Pedro De La Rosa  BMW Sauber  1:29.691 8 7. Paul Di Resta  Force India  1:30.344 33 8. Timo Glock   Virgin Racing  1:30.476 72 9. Tonio Liuzzi   Force India  1:30.666 24 10. Lewis Hamilton  Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:30.979  57 11. Sebastien Buemi  Toro Rosso  1:32.678 57 12. Heikki Kovalainen  Lotus  1:33.554 30