December 6, 2006
Team McLaren Mercedes Test Report - Jerez - Day One
TEST REPORT - JEREZ - DAY ONE
Date: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton and Pedro de la Rosa
Location: Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Track Length: 4.423km
Weather: Rain in the morning clearing in the afternoon
Track Temperature: High of 17.2 degrees Celsius
Air Temperature: High of 23.3 degrees Celsius
Total Laps Run: 146
Kilometres Covered: Lewis – 354km approx.
Pedro – 292km approx.
Best Lap Time: Lewis – 1m20.238 at 15.28
Pedro – 1m20.439 at 16.11
With wet conditions at the start of running in Jerez today, testing for Lewis and Pedro focused on the continued Bridgestone Potenza tyre program, initially using wet weather tyres. The track dried out late morning and work with the dry tyres resumed. Lewis was also concentrating on the rear suspension program and Pedro continued with the front and rear wing work started in Barcelona last week.
Drivers for Day Lewis and Pedro
Two:
Duration of Test: Three days (Wednesday 6th – Friday 8th November)
Unofficial times*:
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Laps
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1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m19.463 | 51
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2 | Luca Badoer | Ferrari | 1m19.702 | 83
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3 | Lewis Hamilton | Team McLaren Mercedes | 1m20.238 | 80
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4 | Christian Klien | Honda Racing | 1m20.404 | 94
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5 | Franck Montangy | Toyota | 1m20.409 | 87
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6 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 1m20.425 | 53
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7 | Pedro de la Rosa | Team McLaren Mercedes | 1m20.439 | 66
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8 | James Rossiter | Honda Racing | 1m20.721 | 98
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9 | Heikki Kovalainen| Renault | 1m20.782 | 71
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10 | Nico Rosberg | WilliamsF1 | 1m20.955 | 83
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11 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 1m21.038 | 72
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12 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1m21.078 | 75
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13 | Michael | Red Bull Racing | 1m21.142 | 76
|Ammermuller | | |
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14 | Giancarlo | Renault | 1m21.274 | 50
|Fisichella | | |
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15 | Kohei Hirate | Toyota | 1m21.429 | 96
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16 | Tonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosa | 1m21.957 | 97
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17 | Sebastian Vettel | BMW Sauber | 1m22.068 | 79
*no official times available
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