TEST REPORT - PAUL RICARD - DAY TWO
Location: Paul Ricard HTTT, Le Castellet, France
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya
Weather: Sunny all day
Track temperature – high of 44.1 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 29.9 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 194
Kilometres covered: Kimi Raikkonen approx. 266km
Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 435km
Best lap time of the day: Fernado Alonso, Renault, 1m05.363
Duration of test: Four days (16th – 19th May)
Testing continued today at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test
Track for Team McLaren Mercedes, with Kimi Raikkonen and Juan
Pablo Montoya completing the second day of the session at
the wheel of two MP4-21s.
Today's focus remained on preparatory work for Monaco, including
the Michelin selection programme and race specific modifications
to the cooling and bodywork, in addition to both drivers working
on the set-up for this race with their engineers.
Juan Pablo set the seventh fastest time of the day, a 1m06.008
as he covered 121 laps of the French track.
Kimi completed over 266km over 74 laps of the 3.593km track,
which remained in the 2D SC configuration. His quickest time
of the day, a 1m06.266 was ninth on the timesheets.
Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett will take over from the
Team McLaren Mercedes race drivers at Paul Ricard for tomorrow
and Friday.
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m05.363 122
2 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m05.546 111
3 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1m05.563 148
4 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1m05.577 50
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m05.624 142
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m05.686 119
7 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1m06.008 121
8 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m06.083 47
9 Kimi Raikkonen Team McLaren Mercedes 1m06.266 74
10 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1m06.333 112
11 Tonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1m06.369 167
12 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m06.619 93
*no official times available
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