TEST REPORT VALENCIA - DAY THREE
Date: Thursday 2nd February 2006
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Drivers: Juan Pablo Montoya and Pedro de la Rosa
Weather: Sunny and dry all day
Track temperature – high of 18.1 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 19.2 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 153
Kilometres covered: Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 235km
Pedro de la Rosa approx. 360km
Best lap time of the day: Jenson Button, Honda Racing, 1m10.925
Duration of test: Four days (31st January – 3rd February)
Team McLaren Mercedes completed day three of a four day test
at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo today, with Pedro de la Rosa
joining Juan Pablo Montoya at the Valencia track.
Juan Pablo continued to focus on car evaluation work and
longer runs in the MP4-21, although again there were a number
of red flag stoppages, with 15 other drivers on track, which
affected his programme.
Despite this, Juan Pablo covered 61 laps of the Spanish track,
which equates to over 235km in total. His fastest time of
the day, a 1m12.477, put him in fourteenth position on the
timesheets. Juan Pablo also spent some time in the garage
during the course of the afternoon, with a minor electrical
issue, which was resolved by the test team and the Colombian
returned to the track.
Pedro returned to the Michelin development programme in the
MP4-20 interim car. He completed over 360km at Valencia and
was thirteenth fastest overall.
Juan Pablo and Pedro will be present tomorrow for Team McLaren
Mercedes final day of testing this week.
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m10.925 85
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m11.285 94
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m11.294 50
4 Anthony Davidson Honda Racing 1m11.591 128
5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1m11.647 43
6 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1m11.756 71
7 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m12.012 89
8 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1m12.180 104
9 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1m12.200 92
10 Alex Wurz WilliamsF1 1m12.231 84
11 Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1m12.317 62
12 Valentino Rossi Ferrari 1m12.368 54
13 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes – V10 1m12.453
92
14 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1m12.477 61
15 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m12.522 72
16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m12.814 48
*no official times available
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