BRITISH GRAND PRIX PRACTICE
Silverstone, Friday 9th June 2006
Kimi Raikkonen MP4-21 06
Juan Pablo Montoya MP4-21 05
T-car (Juan Pablo) MP4-21 04
Team McLaren Mercedes drivers' Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi
Raikkonen finished today's second free practice session in
14th and 21st positions respectively with lap times of 1:23.199
and 1:23.915. Juan Pablo completed 10 laps in this session
whilst Kimi was out on track for four laps. However Kimi's
running was cut short by a fuel pump problem. Both drivers
completed one installation lap in the first practice session
this morning as planned.
Practice Session One:
Kimi: Juan Pablo:
11.55: out / in 11.56: out / in
Practice Session Two:
Kimi Juan Pablo
14.33: 4 laps, best 1:23.915 14.29: 4 laps, best 1:23.652
14.51: 6 laps, best 1:23.199
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA
"We tested at Silverstone at the end of April and gathered
a lot of data, but obviously it’s quite a bit warmer
today. The balance of the car was not perfect, but we still
have practice tomorrow to solve this. We managed to complete
our planned programme where we focused on tyre selection with
Michelin, but we are still not 100 per cent sure what direction
we want to go. The Free Practice session tomorrow morning
will give us more of an idea of where we are compared to the
competition."
KIMI RAIKKONEN
"As usual we were conserving tyres and didn't want to
put too much mileage on the engine, so we were not planning
to do a lot of running today. However a fuel pump problem
meant that we didn't complete our short programme, but as
we have been testing here we have a lot of data to work with.
Tomorrow is when the action really starts and hopefully we
should be able to put in a good showing,"
RON DENNIS
"It's great to be at our home Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Kimi's practice was shorter than planned as a result of a
mechanical fuel pump problem. This is a little frustrating
but should not affect us too much as we completed a lot of
testing here at the end of April. At this test it was obviously
a lot colder and consequently Juan Pablo concentrated on Michelin
tyre selection today to primarily evaluate the effect of the
higher ambient temperature on our earlier tyre choices."
NORBERT HAUG
"The usual limited programme on a Friday where we focused
on race set-up and tyre evaluation work with Michelin, so
we will see more tomorrow."
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