TEST REPORT - MALAYSIA - DAY THREE
Date: Thursday 29th March 2007
Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Location: Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Track Length: 5.543km
Weather: Wet to start, dry and hot until shortly before 16:00
when the wet conditions returned. Track
temperature, 48.9° Celsius / Ambient temperature, 30.4°
Celsius
Total Laps Run: 57
Kilometres Covered: Lewis – 315km approx.
Best Lap Time: Lewis – 1m35.918 at 15:17
Programme: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes continued its
intensive test programme at Sepang today, in a session that
was affected by the monsoon rain showers. Overnight rain lead
to wet track conditions at the start of running. Shortly after
10am, dry Bridgestone Potenza tyres were fitted to Lewis’s
MP4-22 and the team set about pushing forward with the test
plan of tyre evaluation and general development of the package.
Another downpour hit the track late afternoon and, having
achieved enough wet running during the morning, Lewis remained
in the garage. As a result of the wet conditions, Vodafone
McLaren Mercedes will be extending the test session to tomorrow,
with Lewis remaining at the wheel of the MP4-22.
Duration of Test: Four days (Tuesday 27th – Friday 30th
March)
Unofficial times*:
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Laps
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1m35.918
|57
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 1m36.138 |62
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
3 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1m36.700 |69
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
4 | Tonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1m36.712 |56
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m36.947 |65
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
6 | Nico Rosberg | WilliamsF1 | 1m37.070 |71
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
7 | Jenson Button | Honda Racing | 1m37.472 |93
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
8 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 1m37.606 |44
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1m38.551 |35
----+----------------------+---------------------------+----------+-------
10 | Heikki Kovalainen | Renault | 1m39.654 |20
*no official times available
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