On the last day of testing before the Australian Grand Prix, both Ferrari and Williams had unproductive days thanks to poor weather and reliability. With eight days until first practice in Melbourne, Ryan Briscoe topped the last set of winter test times at Imola today (Thursday).

Ferrari took one look at the weather this morning, then packed up and went back to base at Maranello. Their decision proved correct, as the rain steadily worsened throughout the day.

Williams only had half a day's running today, with Juan Pablo Montoya in the car. He still had time to stop twice on track with transmission problems. But a short day had been planned all along, as the team needed to return to Britain to pack up for Melbourne.