TEST REPORT - PAUL RICARD - DAY TWO
Location: Paul Ricard HTTT, Le Castellet, France
Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett
Weather: Sunny and clear
Track temperature – high of 32.6 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 19.1 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 274
Kilometres covered: Pedro de la Rosa approx. 560km
Gary Paffett approx. 480km
Best lap time of the day: Pedro de la Rosa, 1m04.231
Duration of test: Three days (5th – 7th April)
The Team McLaren Mercedes development programme for the MP4-21
continued apace today at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track
in southern France.
Pedro de la Rosa continued driving duties in the team's 2006
Formula One challenger, as his programme remained focused
on front suspension and set-up. Today also saw Pedro start
his Michelin programme for the week.
Pedro ended the day topping the timesheets, having driven
approximately 560km in the MP4-21. His fastest time of the
day was a 1m04.231, which was put in by the Spaniard shortly
before 16:00.
Fellow Team McLaren Mercedes test driver Gary Paffett, who
was at the wheel of the interim MP4-20, completed 480km over
127 laps as he set the fourth quickest time of the session,
a 1m04.279.
Pedro and Gary will continue their programmes with the test
team tomorrow, which is the final day of this week's session.
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes 1m04.231 147
2 Robert Doornbos Red Bull Racing 1m04.262 116
3 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m04.274 11
4 Gary Paffett Team McLaren Mercedes 1m04.279 127
5 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1m04.380 104
6 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1m04.655 131
7 Tonio Liuzzi Red Bull Racing 1m04.914 169
8 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1m04.961 50
9 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m05.398 121
10 Olivier Panis Toyota 1m05.867 43
*no official times available
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