December 7, 2005
Team McLaren Mercedes Testing Report Day 1
Date: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Location Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett
Weather: Sunny and clear
Track temperature – high of 24.8 degrees Celsius
Air temperature – high of 18.3 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 169
Kilometres covered: Pedro de la Rosa approx. 452km
Gary Paffett approx. 297km
Best lap time of the day:
Best Team McLaren Mercedes lap time of the day: Franck Montagny, Renault, 1m19.478
Pedro de la Rosa, 1m20.371
Duration of test: Four days (7th-10th December)
Team McLaren Mercedes' second test of the winter got under way at the Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain today with test driver Pedro de la Rosa and DTM Champion Gary Paffett behind the wheel of two MP4-20B interim cars.
Following the Barcelona test last week work continued on development and assessment of the Mercedes-Benz V8 engine and Michelin tyres. Today’s programme was completed successfully and without incident. Both Pedro and Gary covered 169 laps and 749km in total today.
Pedro de la Rosa was seventh quickest with a time of 1m20.371, whilst Gary Paffett, who completed his second test day for Team McLaren Mercedes following his victory in the DTM championship this year, was 11th overall and set a fastest time of 1m20.746.
Testing continues tomorrow with Alex Wurz due to join Gary Paffett in Jerez.
Unofficial times:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Franck Montagny Renault – V10 1m19.478 105
2 Marc Gene Scuderia Ferrari – V8 1m19.684 87
3 Heikki Kovalainen Renault – V10 1m19.816 119
4 Ryan Briscoe Toyota – V8 1m19.886 79
5 Anthony Davidson Honda Racing – V8 1m20.139 108
6 Narain Karthikeyan Williams F1 – V8 1m20.283 52
7 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes – V8 1m20.371 102
8 Ralf Schumacher Toyota – V8 1m20.444 66
9 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing – V10 1m20.583 71
10 Nico Rosberg Williams F1 – V8 1m20.639 76
11 Gary Paffett Team McLaren Mercedes – V8 1m20.746 67
12 Luca Badoer Scuderia Ferrari – V10 1m20.830 43
13 James Rossiter Honda Racing – V8 1m20.984 80
14 Thomas Biagi MF1 Racing – V10 1m21.866 91
15 Christijan Albers MF1 Racing – V10 1m22.401 63
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