TEST REPORT JEREZ - DAY THREE
Date: Friday 13th January 2006
Location: Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett
Weather: Dry initially with heavy rain later on
Track temperature – high of 19.6 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 16.4 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 83
Kilometres covered: Pedro de la Rosa approx. 160km
Gary Paffett approx. 200km
Best lap time of the day: Fernando Alonso, Renault, 1m18.508
Best Team McLaren Mercedes time of the day:
Gary Paffett, 1m19.799
Duration of test: Four days (11th – 14th January)
Tyre testing remained the focus of the Team McLaren Mercedes
test programme today at a rainy Jerez. Gary Paffett and Pedro
de la Rosa put in the fourth and fifth fastest times of the
day respectively.
The day was dominated by red flag stoppages, with nearly twice
as much time spent under red flag conditions compared to green.
Heavy rain towards the end of the session limited running
in the late afternoon, as a result the two Team McLaren Mercedes
drivers completed just over 360kms of the Spanish track. Both
Gary and Pedro had minor electronic software issues, which
saw them stop out on track twice and once respectively.
The final day of this week's session will take place tomorrow
with Pedro. This will be a wet test for the Michelin runners,
with the track artificially dampened to allow the teams to
complete wet tyre testing.
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m18.508 66
2 Anthony Davidson Honda Racing 1m19.225 69
3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault – V10 1m19.784 50
4 Gary Paffett Team McLaren Mercedes – V10 1m19.799
46
5 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes – V10 1m19.838
37
6 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing 1m20.038 38
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m20.484 63
8 Mark Webber Williams F1 1m20.495 63
9 Alex Wurz Williams F1 1m20.917 13
10 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1m21.631 27
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