MCLAREN TEST REPORT VALENCIA - DAY TWO
 Date:
Wednesday 1st February 2006
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Drivers: Juan Pablo Montoya and Gary Paffett
Weather: Sunny and warm
Track temperature – high of 25.1 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 20.5 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 183
Kilometres covered: Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 270km
Gary Paffett approx. 450km
Best lap time of the day: Fernando Alonso, Renault 1m11.229
Duration of test: Four days (31st January – 3rd February)
Juan Pablo Montoya arrived in Valencia this morning to take
over driving duties of the MP4-21 from Kimi Raikkonen, who
was unable to test today due to a bad cold.
With improved weather conditions at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo,
Team McLaren Mercedes was able to complete a more meaningful
day of testing on the dry track. First thing in the morning,
the track was damp and as a result the team only left the
garage for installation laps prior to running beginning in
earnest shortly after 11am.
In the MP4-21 Juan Pablo completed over 270km of the Spanish
track on his third day of running in the team's 2006 car,
since its shakedown on Monday, 23rd January. The Colombian
set the third fastest time of the day, with a 1m11.978.
Juan Pablo's work focused on achieving long runs with the
MP4-21, because of the number of team's on track this was
subject to two red flag interruptions caused by other drivers,
however he was able to complete two stints of 17 laps. In
addition he worked through some set-up programmes.
Test driver Gary Paffett continued in the interim MP4-20
working on Michelin tyre development. Gary covered 450km over
115 laps, ending the day in eleventh position on the timesheets,
with a 1m12.937
Juan Pablo will be joined in Valencia tomorrow by Pedro de
la Rosa who will take over testing the MP4-20 from Gary Paffett.
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m11.229 47
2 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1m11.821 73
3 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1m11.978 68
4 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m11.998 85
5 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing 1m12.063 115
6 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1m12.628 72
7 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1m12.668 78
8 Valentino Rossi Ferrari 1m12.863 49
9 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m12.891 37
10 Alex Wurz WilliamsF1 1m12.930 83
11 Gary Paffett Team McLaren Mercedes – V10 1m12.937
115
12 Mark Webber WilliamsF1 1m13.021 72
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m13.075 108
14 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m13.472 64
15 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m13.679 26
*no official times available
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