BMW Williams-F1 d🅠river, Mark Webber topped the times today [Wednesday] at Silverstone, as the Grove based squad continued their preparations for the Spanish Grand Prix, in two w൩eeks time.

Webber managed 101 laps in total, his best a 1 minute 20.121 seconds, while focusing on set-up work and tyre testing for Barcelona. Although running was again affected by rain, conditions improved this afternoon, when the temperature increased and the track began to dry🎐 out.

Nico Rosberg meanwhile made his debut as Williams' official secon🔴d test driver, the German completing 57 laps while familiarising himself with the car, in addition to 🐷working on set-ups and pit stops.

"On the second day at Silverstone circuit, Mark Webber completed just over one hundred laps while carrying out a range of tyre tests in preparation for the Spanish GP next weekend. Meanwhile Nico Rosberg, the team's new🍬 second test driver, made a solid debut today, registering nearly 300 kilometers," said Williams test team man🦩ager, Tim Newton.

"As he hasn't driven the FW27 before, Nico spent the session a🧔cclimatising himself and carrying out systems checks."

Jordan meanwhile were also on track, having joined proceedings t⛄oday, test driv🍬er, Nicky Pastorelli completing 25 laps in the Toyota powered EJ15, while race driver, Tiago Monterio managed 55, and was over a second slower.

Leading times (27 April) - Silverstone:

Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1m 20.121s 101 lapsNico Rosberg Williams-BMW 1m 21.843s 57 lapsNicky Pastorelli Jordan-Toyota 1m 23.621s 25 laps*Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1m 24.926s 55 laps*

[* denotes Bridgestone tyres; all others on Michelin tyres].

Track conditions: Sunny with intermittent showers.

All times unofficial - courtesy of Williams.

Comparative lap times:

British GP 2004:

Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1min 18.739secs Pole position: Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes 1min 18.233secs