TEST REPORT - VALENCIA - DAY THREE
Date: Thursday 24th January 2008
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Track Length: 4.005km
Weather: Cloudy in the morning, clearing through the afternoon:
Track temperature, 30.0°C / Ambient temperature, 15.8°C
Laps Run: Total - 173
Kilometres Covered: Lewis - 337km approx / Heikki - 357km
approx.
Best Lap Time: Lewis - 1m11.994 at 14.22 / Heikki - 1m11.206
at 13:04
Programme: Day three saw another productive session, with
both drivers accumulating yet more miles in the Vodafone McLaren
Mercedes MP4-23 whilst continuing the programme of set-up
work and systems durability. Just over an hour before the
end of the test Lewis’s car stopped out on track as
his engine was in a process of planned reliability testing
at the end of the week’s session, with the team pushing
it well beyond its limit of a two race weekend.
Martin Whitmarsh: "With clear weather on all three days
this week we have been able to accumulate more miles on the
two MP4-23s, which is crucially important at this stage of
the development with the focus very much on endurance and
reliability. Lewis, Heikki and Pedro have been doing a great
job and the feedback we are getting has been extremely productive.
Bridgestone have supplied us with a harder compound of tyre
than we have usually used at this circuit, and we have been
spending some time working with them closely on this. We are
on target with our programme and looking forward to seeing
how the car will handle round the Barcelona circuit next week."
Total Laps Run at Test: Total - 598: Lewis - 199 / Heikki
- 285 / Pedro - 114
Kilometres Covered at Test: Total - 2,394: Lewis - 797km approx
/ Heikki - 1,141km approx / Pedro - 456km approx
Next Test: Barcelona, Spain (Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd February)
Unofficial times*:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m11.189 88
2 Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m11.206 89
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m11.831 96
4 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1m11.971 116
5 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m11.994 84
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m12.095 86
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m12.109 96
8 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1m12.526 113
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m12.600 39
10 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1m12.949 93
11 Nelson Piquet Renault 1m12.973 89
12 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1m13.060 95
13 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m13.133 15
14 Timo Glock Toyota 1m13.134 68
15 Nico Hulkenberg Williams 1m13.306 74
16 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m13.689 80
17 Takashi Kogure Honda Racing 1m15.703 25
*no official times available
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