BMW Sauber F1 Team - Test in Barcelona - Day 1
Day one - Monday
Weather conditions: Dry in the morning and afternoon but
rain in the middle of the day
Temperatures: Air: 20°C, Track: 23°C
Number of cars participating: 18
Fastest lap overall: 1:22.650 min, Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren
Mercedes
Robert Kubica:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.07-01 / BMW P86/7 V8
Test kilometres today: 291 km (63 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:22.658 min (lap 61)
Timo Glock:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.07-02 / BMW P86/7 V8
Test kilometres today: 291 km (63 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:23.656 min (lap 52)
Programme:
For the first day of this three day test Robert did aero work,
concentrating on the front wings. He also tested different
brakes, and shortly before the end of the day stopped out
on the track as the team had planned to run the car dry. The
team wanted to give Timo as many laps as possible, as this
was his first proper day in the new car because to date he
had experienced bad weather in his tests. He did an aero test
as well as systems, diagnostics and recovery work. Due to
rain in the middle of the day the team lost a couple of hours
of running and also there were numerous red flags.
What comes next:
Tomorrow, Robert will continue with the programme he has started
and has some new components to test. Nick Heidfeld, who will
take over from Timo, will do aero testing and also work on
the car's reliability
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