TEST REPORT - BARCELONA - DAY THREE
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton & Heikki Kovalainen
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Track Length: 4.655km
Weather: Cold to start, with sunshine during the day. Rain
late afternoon: Track temperature, 20.6°C / Ambient temperature,
12.0°C
Laps Run: Total - 160
Kilometres Covered: Lewis - 433km approx / Heikki - 312km
approx
Best Lap Time: Lewis - 1m22.459 at 14:31 / Heikki - 1m22.422
at 11:43
Programme: The final day of this week’s
test saw Lewis and Heikki continue the programme of Bridgestone
tyre evaluation and reliability confirmation and aerodynamic
and set up development work. The team also focused on longer
runs with the MP4-23 package, with fewer red flag stoppages
at the Spanish circuit. Just over an hour before the end of
the session, it began to rain. The conditions remained damp
for the remainder of the day.
Martin Whitmarsh: "Today we completed
an intensive and productive session at the Barcelona circuit.
It is always interesting when we test here for the first time
with a new car, as you have a comprehensive evaluation of
the whole package. We have made some good progress and have
gathered some useful intelligence this week, which we will
take back to the McLaren Technology Centre and incorporate
this into the development of the car in the 10 days until
the next track test. This is a demanding time of year for
the team, we ask a lot of every single member as we work to
reach the level of competitiveness we want for Australia.
The progress we are making is quantifiable and the drive within
the team to continue to push remains high."
Total Laps Run at Test: Total - 441: Lewis
- 257 / Heikki - 137 / Gary - 47
Kilometres Covered at Test: Total - 2,053:
Lewis - 1,196km approx / Heikki - 638km approx / Gary - 219km
approx
Next Test: Circuito de Jerez, Spain (Tuesday
12th - Thursday 14th February)
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m22.385 65
2 Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m22.422 67
3 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m22.459 93
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m22.492 83
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m22.509 63
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m22.874 80
7 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1m22.877 80
8 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m22.889 82
9 Nelson Piquet Renault 1m23.039 64
10 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1m23.232 72
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing 1m23.795 84
12 Adrian Sutil Force India 1m23.800 86
13 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m23.808 86
*no official times available
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