By rights, the old man of the West End, like its set, should not have stood the test of time.

BBC: Why the mouse still roars

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, whose team-mate Mark Webber set the fastest time of the first day of the test, was fifth fastest, just dipping under the Australian's best lap with a 1:21.258.

BBC: Novice Nico Hulkenberg upstages Fernando Alonso

The Spanish double world champion, whose presence at the test drew a huge crowd and led to traffic jams on the way to the track, improved to a 1:20.966 on his next run and then 1:20.493 - just 0.1secs off the fastest time of the test so far, set by Schumacher on Friday.

BBC: Nick Heidfeld heads Fernando Alonso at his Renault test

Within two hours of the start of his test, he had surpassed by 0.6secs the fastest time set by Renault number two Vitaly Petrov in two days in the car on Thursday and Friday.

BBC: Nick Heidfeld heads Fernando Alonso at his Renault test