TEST REPORT VALENCIA - DAY ONE
Date: Tuesday 14th February 2006
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Drivers: Juan Pablo Montoya and Pedro de la Rosa
Weather: Sunny and clear
Track temperature – high of 17.5 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 17.3 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 150
Kilometres covered: Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 190km
Pedro de la Rosa approx. 400km
Best lap time of the day: Mark Webber, WilliamsF1, 1m10.688
Duration of test: Four days (14th – 17th February)
The new Team McLaren Mercedes livery made its track debut
at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia today.
Juan Pablo Montoya and Pedro de la Rosa were present in Spain
to conduct shakedowns with chassis's two and three of the
MP4-21, which arrived from the McLaren Technology Centre over
the weekend. Work for both drivers today focused on initial
systems checks, prior to proper testing with the two cars
starting tomorrow.
Pedro completed 102 laps of the 3.94km Valencian circuit,
putting over 400km on his MP4-21, including two long runs
of 26 laps. The Spaniard set a quickest time of 1m11.633,
during a run of 10 laps mid-afternoon, which put him third
on the timesheets for the day.
Juan Pablo covered 190km during today's session in the other
MP4-21. He ended the day fourth on the timesheets, with a
1m11.701, having completed 48 laps over a series of multi-lap
runs, including a 15 lap stint at the end of the day. He started
running shortly before 14:00, as the test team had been completing
the engine and gearbox installation.
Kimi Raikkonen will join Juan Pablo on track in Valencia
tomorrow to continue the test session.
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Mark Webber WilliamsF1 1m10.688 95
2 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1m11.263 82
3 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes 1m11.633 102
4 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1m11.701 48
5 Robert Doornbos Red Bull Racing 1m12.448 103
6 Alex Wurz WilliamsF1 1m12.653 47
7 Tiago Monterio MF1 Racing 1m12.929 86
8 Giorgio Mondini MF1 Racing 1m14.307 97
*no official times available
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