Sepang, Friday 17th March 2006
Kimi Raikkonen MP4-21 02
Juan Pablo Montoya MP4-21 03
T-car MP4-21 01 (Kimi)
MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX FRIDAY
Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo
Montoya ended Friday afternoon's free practice for the Malaysian
Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit in fifth and 14th positions
respectively, with ambient temperatures reaching 37 degrees
centigrade and track temperatures of 44 degrees. Kimi completed
16 laps and set a time 1:36.132 whilst Juan Pablo did 16 laps
with a best time of 1:37.463. In the morning Juan Pablo had
been fourth fastest with a 1:36.709. Kimi did not set a time
in the session due to a data logging problem on his car. The
afternoon session finished with Team McLaren Mercedes drivers
Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya setting the sixth and
15th fastest time of the day.
Practice session one:
Kimi: Juan Pablo:
11.06: out / in 11.13: out / in
11.55: 4 laps, best 1:36.709 (4th)
Practice session two:
KImi Juan Pablo
14.09: 4 laps, best 1:36.132 (5th) 14.12: 4 laps, 1:37.827
14.28: 4 laps, best 1:36.325 14.47: 7 laps, 1:37.463 (14th)
14.50: 7 laps, 1:37.199
KIMI RAIKKONEN
“I am happy with the set up of the car and we managed
to complete our programme today despite the small problem
this morning with the data logging, where the team decided
to cancel my run, whilst there was nothing wrong with the
car. The Michelin tyres are working well and I think we look
strong compared to our main rivals but we will have to see
what happens tomorrow.”
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA
“I am pretty happy with the car this weekend. This morning
we completed one run to see how the car felt and this was
pretty good. This afternoon we concentrated on the race set
up. There is still a little bit of work to do tomorrow with
understanding the car a little better, but the whole package
has improved from last weekend. Despite stalling at the end
of the grid in the second session and a spin later on we managed
to complete our programme and we will see if we have done
enough in qualifying tomorrow."
RON DENNIS
“A relatively uneventful first day of practice and the
team now looks forward to tomorrow's qualifying session.”
NORBERT HAUG
“A normal Friday practice session where we completed
out planned programme and made good progress with the set
up of the cars for the weekend.”
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