TEST REPORT JEREZ - DAY THREE
 Date:
Friday 10th February 2006
Location: Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen, Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett
Weather: Damp in the morning then very sunny and warm in the
afternoon.
Track temperature – high of 27.3 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 22.7 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 169
Kilometres covered: Kimi Raikkonen approx. 128km
Pedro de la Rosa approx. 212km
Gary Paffett approx. 407km
Best lap time of the day: Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault, 1m17.763
Duration of test: Four days (7th – 11th February 2006)
Team McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen tested for half
a day at the Circuito de Jerez today, with the Finn completing
over 128km in the MP4-21. Kimi left the test at lunchtime
to attend an internal team and Partner function in London.
Kimi's programme focused on set-up evaluations. Unfortunately
the track was damp from overnight rain for the majority of
the morning and Kimi only switched to intermediates 10 minutes
before he was due to leave. Pedro de la Rosa took over driving
duties of the MP4-21 for the afternoon's running and he covered
48 laps and 212km focusing on long runs. His afternoon was
cut short when he suffered an engine failure shortly before
the end of testing.
Gary Paffett was testing alongside Kimi and Pedro at the
Circuito de Jerez in the interim MP4-20. Gary's work consisted
of testing the different Michelin compounds for the first
three races of the season.
Pedro will continue the team's testing programme tomorrow,
which is a Michelin wet test with the track artificially dampened.
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1m17.763 79
2 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m17.861 60
3 Kimi Raikkonen Team McLaren Mercedes 1m18.022 29
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m18.437 81
5 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes 1m19.488 48
6 Gary Paffett Team McLaren Mercedes – V10 1m19.912
92
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m19.979 81
8 Tiago Monterio MF1 Racing 1m20.109 80
9 Alex Wurz WilliamsF1 1m20.322 82
10 Scott Speed Toro Rosso 1m20.496 80
11 Christijan Albers MF1 Racing 1m21.496 62
12 Mark Webber WilliamsF1 1m23.505 14
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