TEST REPORT - BARCELONA - DAY FOUR
Date: Thursday 17th April 2008
Driver: Heikki Kovalainen
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Track Length: 4.655km
Weather: Rain throughout the day:
Track temperature, 28°C / Ambient temperature, 16°C
Laps Run: Total - 34
Kilometres Covered: 158km
Best Lap Time: 1m23.589 at 17:15
Programme: Heikki joined the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes test
team for the final session of the intensive four day test.
Rain began to fall minutes before the start of morning running
and continued for much of the day. A short let-up after lunch
saw Heikki take to the track for 40 minutes before a thunderstorm
arrived at the Circuit de Catalunya, followed by hailstones.
When this cleared, the team carried on testing between the
showers with very little running in the dry.
Total Laps Run at Test: Total - 336: Lewis - 199 / Heikki
- 34 / Pedro - 103
Kilometres Covered at Test: Total - 1,563km approx: Lewis
- 926km approx / Heikki - 158km approx / Pedro - 479km approx
Next Test: Paul Ricard (Wednesday 14th - Friday 16th May)
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m21.953 37
2 Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m23.589 34
3 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m23.619 34
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m24.715 32
5 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m24.873 41
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m24.927 62
7 Nelson Piquet Renault 1m26.100 61
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1m32.150 18
*no official times available
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