After two days of testing at Barcelona, and dry ones at that, the teams are somewhat beginning to show their true colors. It was expected for this one test is the closest the teams get to a Grand Prix circuit before the racing begins and of course the factor that Circuit de Catalunya is an awesome indicator of the readiness of the teams at this late stage.

On the first day, Mark Webber scorched the tracks in his Red Bull. He lapped in a best time of 1:21.487, almost a second quicker than second placed Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg’s time of 1:22.407. On the second day, Hulkenberg upped the ante by finishing first with 1:20.614 and upstaging Fernando Alonso’s 1:20.637 in the Ferrari.

It was the last day of testing for both the Williams and Ferrari driver, and as expected they did some low-fuel running it seems. Reportedly, Alonso did his low-fuel runs earlier in the day and then went on to do race simulations while Hulkenburg managed his quick time in the last minutes of the day.

That the Ferrari is quick is in no doubt. The lap times that Alonso has charted in Valencia, Jerez and Valencia reflect that the car is good both on high-fuel and low-fuel loads. Plus it is reliable as both he and Felipe Massa have clocked over 600-laps each not counting the Barcelona test. That sort of mileage alone proves that Ferrari are pretty confident about their race pace and come Bahrain will be one of the teams to watch out for.

Williams too have racked in the laps but for them it has been to gel in the chassis with the Cosworth engine. In both Valencia and Jerez, they concentrated on high-fuel loads and no one could really guess as to where the pace parameter placed them on the pecking order. With this quick lap-time, the rookie driver showed that the Williams car is fast and that he is one to watch out for. Just how fast we will have to wait until all cars are running on the same loads.

This brings us to Mark Webber’s time. First of all, the difference between the best times on day one and day two is representative of the fact that conditions at the track change very quickly. Of course Bridgestone were testing different tyres compounds on the two days (as per reports) and then there is the fuel load factor. A couple of days back there was this news flash of Kimi Raikkonen returning in 2011 with Red Bull when Webber is out of contract. If the Aussie displays such good form throughout the season and maybe, just maybe, ends up with the crown, then what?