Team McLaren Mercedes, TEST REPORT - BARCELONA - DAY TWO
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Spain
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya
Weather: Clear skies and bright sunshine
Track temperature – high of 36.5 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 21.5 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 196
Kilometres covered: Kimi Raikkonen approx.
426km
Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 481km
Best lap time of the day: Jarno Trulli,Toyota,
1m14.520
Duration of test: Three days (12th –
14th April)
Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya took to the track today
at the Circuit de Catalunya for the second of the three day
test for Team McLaren Mercedes this week.
The drivers, both behind the wheel of a MP4-21, were joined
on track by 16 other drivers with 10 of the 11 teams choosing
to test at the circuit which will be host to the Spanish Grand
Prix in one month's time. As with yesterday, congestion on
track led to a number of red flag incidents, with a total
of nine stoppages interrupting today's running.
Both drivers were concentrating on evaluating the prime and
option Michelin tyre selection for the Spanish Grand Prix
whilst continuing with the set-up work carried out yesterday.
Kimi completed a total of 92 laps and 426km throughout the
day, setting the fifth fastest time overall with his lap of
1m14.996.
Juan Pablo's day saw him set a lap time of 1m15.689 which
was 14th fastest on the timesheets. He completed a total of
104 laps which equals 481km.
Both drivers will be back out on track for the final day
of testing tomorrow.
Unofficial times*:
1 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m14.520 82
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m14.531 107
3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1m14.708 98
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m14.938 67
5 Kimi Raikkonen Team McLaren Mercedes 1m14.996 92
6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1m15.106 112
7 Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1m15.207 82
8 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m15.289 150
9 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1m15.298 103
10 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m15.345 103
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing 1m15.388 134
12 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1m15.505 72
13 Jaques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1m15.546 98
14 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1m15.689 104
15 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m15.725 86
16 Mark Webber WilliamsF1 1m16.020 111
17 Scott Speed Toro Rosso 1m16.599 102
18 Takuma Sato Super Aguri 1m19.827 23
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