Testing at the Sakhir circuit
1st March 2007
Maranello, 1st March
Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir – 5.412
km
Drivers: Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen
Car: F2007
Weather: air temperature 21/27 °C, track temperature 24/38
°C. Clear skies.
Today marked the end of a long test session at the Sakhir,
Bahrain circuit, that involved nine Formula 1 teams over six
days, preparing for the World Championship that gets underway
on 18th March in Melbourne, Australia.
Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, both ran with a new 056
engine today, completing all the F2007 development programme
which the team had defined prior to arriving in Bahrain. Felipe
finished his work even before the lunch break, which meant
that, in the final part of the day, Kimi was able to go back
to using the aerodynamic package that he had already tried
on Tuesday. Both drivers worked mainly on finding the best
set-up for the car.
The day in figures is as follows: 45 laps for Felipe (best
time 1.29.989) and 77 for Kimi (1.30.534.)
With winter testing now over, the Scuderia will be concentrating
on preparing for the trip to Australia: on Thursday 8th March
at Fiorano, Luca Badoer will carry out the shakedown of the
cars that will take part in the first Grand Prix of the year.
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