McLaren Jerez testing

THU 5th MARCH 2009
Date:
Thursday March 5 2009
Drivers:
Lewis Hamilton
Location:
Circuito de Jerez
Track Length:
4.423km
Weather:
Cold and windy with sporadic rainshowers
Track temperature:
Maximum 32.8°C
Air temperature:
Maximum 17.4°C
Laps run today:
58
Laps run in total at test:
398 (94/91/85/70/58)
Kilometres covered today:
257
Kilometres covered in total at test:
1761 (416/402/376/310/257))
Best lap time today:
1m21.272 at 14:35
Best lap time of the test:
1m20.535 (Heikki, Tuesday)
Programme:
Today’s programme started with the controlled on-track draining of the tank to assess the effectiveness of MP4-24’s fuel collection. For the remainder of the day, the team worked on tuning the car’s set-up before the session ended prematurely at 15:30 when a sudden gust of wind swept Lewis off the track and into a tyre barrier. While the impact was only a mere 44km/h, the car went in rearwards, doing enough to dislodge the rear wing and lightly damage the car’s rear-end. With insufficient time to effect repairs before the end of the session, the team opted to finish early in order to commence preparations for next week’s four-day Barcelona test.
Drivers for tomorrow:
-
Duration of test:
Five days (March 1-5)
Next Test:
Barcelona (March 9-12)
Driver
Constructor
Time
Laps
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
1m20.052
123
Kimi Raikkonen
Scuderia Ferrari
1m20.414
112
Lewis Hamilton
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
1m21.272
58
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing
1m22.219
47
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams F1
1m22.226
54
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
1m23.119
35