TEST REPORT – SILVERSTONE – WEEKLY SUMMARY
Date: Thursday 27th April 2006
Location: Silverstone, UK
Drivers during the test: Kimi Raikkonen, Juan Pablo
Montoya and Gary Paffett
Weather: Overcast and with some showers
Track temperature – high of 19.2 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 16.4 degrees Celsius
Laps run today: 141
Kilometres covered today: Kimi Raikkonen approx. 483km
Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 205km
Gary Paffett approx. 36km
Total km during the test: 1,689km
Kimi Raikkonen approx. 673km
Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 785km
Pedro de la Rosa approx. 195km
Gary Paffett approx. 36km
Best lap time of the day and test: Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault,
1m18.503
Duration of test: Three days (25th – 27th April)
Today:
Team McLaren Mercedes concluded a three day test programme
this afternoon at the Silverstone circuit in the UK. Kimi
Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya were on track for the team.
The morning saw the circuit closed on nine occasions, with
two more red flags during the afternoon, equating about 30%
of the track time available.
Kimi covered 483km, taking his total distance for the week
to 673km. His fastest time of 1m18.978, which was set before
lunch, saw Kimi end the day in second position on the timesheets.
Juan Pablo put in over 205km as he completed 40 laps, and
his time of 1m19.676 was sixth quickest overall.
The running continued the week's work schedule, which was
focused on the Michelin tyre selection process for the Spanish
and British Grands Prix, the Mercedes-Benz V8 and aerodynamic
development programme and general set-up.
Gary Paffett was also in attendance, to conduct a shakedown
of an MP4-20 that is scheduled to be used at Goodwood later
in the year.
Day One, Tuesday 25th April:
Juan Pablo was joined by Pedro de la Rosa at Silverstone.
Running for both drivers was limited as rain showers during
the morning left the track damp for much of the day. With
conditions not appropriate for either intermediates or wet
Michelins, the team would not have been able to gather any
useful feedback from running on track. The two drivers covered
over 400km between them, with Juan Pablo setting the fastest
time of the day, with a 1m21.076.
Day Two, Wednesday 26th April:
Dry weather conditions prevailed and it allowed Juan Pablo
and Kimi, who had replaced Pedro at the test, cover 560km
in total as they set the fourth and fifth fastest times of
the day. Both drivers spent the day running short stints,
returning to the garage to put different compounds of the
Michelin tyres on their MP4-21s and change set-ups, as the
tyre selection process for Silverstone continued.
KIMI RAIKKONEN
"We have had some productive feedback over the last two
days at Silverstone, with good information on set-ups and
Michelins to take into the British Grand Prix in June. As
the last test before the Spanish race, we have also been focusing
on completing the selection process for Barcelona with Michelin."
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA
"It has been good to test at Silverstone before the race
here, as it means we have positive data to use going into
the weekend, but there have been a lot of red flags that really
do interrupt the programme. It has been really noticeable
here how much faster you are through the corners now we have
V8 engines, Copse, for example, is really fast and you don't
really lift."
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1m18.503 125
2 Kimi Raikkonen Team McLaren Mercedes 1m18.978 94
3 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m19.096 106
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m19.583 106
5 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1m19.623 38
6 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1m19.676 40
7 Anthony Davidson Honda Racing 1m19.761 145
8 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m19.910 87
9 Tonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1m20.007 85
10 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing 1m20.083 72
11 Mark Webber WilliamsF1 1m20.508 103
12 Christijan Albers MF1 1m20.987 43
13 Alex Wurz WilliamsF1 1m21.190 109
14 Gary Paffett Team McLaren Mercedes 1m21.888 7
15 Adrian Sutil MF1 1m25.400 10
*no official times available
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