TEST REPORT VALENCIA - DAY THREE
Date: Thursday 16th February 2006
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Drivers: Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Raikkonen
Weather: Sunny and windy with some cloud
Track temperature – high of 21.8 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 18.3 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 121
Kilometres covered: Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 200km
Kimi Raikkonen approx. 285km
Best lap time of the day: Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, 1m10.638
Duration of test: Four days (14th – 17th February)
In the third day of testing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo
this week, Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Kimi Raikkonen and
Juan Pablo Montoya covered over 480km between them in two
MP4-21s.
The programme for both drivers focused on specific set-up
work and component proving for the first three races of the
2006 Formula One season, in Bahrain, Malaysia and Australia.
Kimi and Juan both spent the day completing short runs.
Juan Pablo put in the second fastest time of the day, a 1m10.665,
over the course of 50 laps. Team-mate Kimi completed 71 laps
of the Spanish track and set a quickest time of 1m11.174,
which put him in fourth position on the timesheets.
Pedro will return to the test tomorrow to run alongside Kimi
in the second MP4-21, for the final day of this weeks test.
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m10.638 141
2 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1m10.665 50
3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1m10.921 119
4 Kimi Raikkonen Team McLaren Mercedes 1m11.174 71
5 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m11.220 75
6 Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1m11.222 77
7 Alex Wurz Williams F1 1m12.225 121
8 Christijan Albers MF1 Racing 1m12.752 50
9 Adrian Sutil MF1 Racing 1m17.918 28
*no official times available
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