TEAM McLaren TESTING IN JEREZ

TEAM McLaren TESTING IN JEREZ
TEAM TESTING IN JEREZ Team McLaren Mercedes will be back in -*test*-('")ing action this week at the Jerez circuit in Spain. The -*test*-('") takes place on Thursday and Friday of this week, with Kimi and Pedro present at both days. Both drivers will be piloting MP4-20s.

28th April 1 K. Räikkönen McLaren 01:16.923 53 2 J. Trulli Toyota 01:17.502 73 3 P. de la Rosa McLaren 01:17.514 140 4 F. Alonso Renault 01:17.740 117 5 F. Montagny Renault 01:17.824 128 6 O. Panis Toyota 01:18.568 51 7 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 01:19.891 41 8 D. Coulthard Red Bull 01:20.116 46

29th April 1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 01:15.650 130 2 K. Räikkönen McLaren 01:16.465 70 3 F. Alonso Renault 01:16.927 98 4 D. Coulthard Red Bull 01:17.012 137 5 O. Panis Toyota 01:17.315 67 6 R. Schumacher Toyota 01:17.401 59 7 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 01:17.562 92 8 F. Montagny Renault 01:18.825 60 McLaren fas-*test*-('") on final day at Jerez McLaren Mercedes set the pace on the second and final day of -*test*-('")ing this week at Jerez in southern Spain. Test driver Pedro de la Rosa ended fas-*test*-('") with a best lap of 1m15.650s. While the Spaniard completed 130 laps Kimi Raikkonen added 70 and was 0.8s slower. It was a bright and sunny day at the circuit with air temperature hitting 28 degrees Centigrade. While McLaren worked on tyre and aero -*test*-('") Renault's Fernando Alonso continued to put miles on the team's engine upgrade which he will race for the first time in his home Grand Prix. Alonso finished third fas-*test*-('") after 98 laps and was joined again by -*test*-('") driver Franck Montagny who finished eighth and last. Toyota was in aciton with Olivier Panis and Ralf Schumacher. The German concentrated on running practice qualifying runs on heavy fuel loads which he hopes will help him improve his grid position in the coming races. The only other team in action was Red Bull with Coulthard finishing fourth and Liuzzi seventh. They compelted the most mileage of any team with 239 laps.

McLaren fas-*test*-('") on final day at Jerez McLaren Mercedes set the pace on the second and final day of -*test*-('")ing this week at Jerez in southern Spain. Test driver Pedro de la Rosa ended fas-*test*-('") with a best lap of 1m15.650s. While the Spaniard completed 130 laps Kimi Raikkonen added 70 and was 0.8s slower. It was a bright and sunny day at the circuit with air temperature hitting 28 degrees Centigrade. While McLaren worked on tyre and aero -*test*-('") Renault's Fernando Alonso continued to put miles on the team's engine upgrade which he will race for the first time in his home Grand Prix. Alonso finished third fas-*test*-('") after 98 laps and was joined again by -*test*-('") driver Franck Montagny who finished eighth and last. Toyota was in aciton with Olivier Panis and Ralf Schumacher. The German concentrated on running practice qualifying runs on heavy fuel loads which he hopes will help him improve his grid position in the coming races. The only other team in action was Red Bull with Coulthard finishing fourth and Liuzzi seventh. They compelted the most mileage of any team with 239 laps. TEST REPORT CIRCUITO DE JEREZ, DAY 2 Date: Friday, April 29th 2005 Location: Circuito de Jerez, Spain Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen and Pedro de la Rosa Weather: Bright and sunny, Track temperature approx. 33 degrees Celsius, Air temperature 28 degrees Celsius Laps run: 200 Kilometres covered:Pedro de la Rosa 576 km, Kimi Raikkonen 310 km Best lap time of the day: Pedro de la Rosa 1m15.650s Best lap time of the week from a Team McLaren Mercedes driver: Pedro de la Rosa 1m15.650s Total number of laps driven during the -*test*-('"): 393 (Pedro de la Rosa 269, Kimi Raikkonen 124) Total number of km driven during the -*test*-('"): 1741 km (Pedro de la Rosa 1192 km, Kimi Raikkonen 549 km) Team McLaren Mercedes have completed their -*test*-('")ing programme at the Jerez circuit in Spain with Kimi Raikkonen and Pedro de la Rosa driving the MP4-20s. The programme for the two-day -*test*-('") was focused on preparing for the Spanish Grand Prix next weekend. Both Kimi and Pedro worked on tyre -*test*-('")ing with Michelin and durability runs. In addition various set-ups were evaluated as well as aerodynamic developments. Pedro's time of 1m15.650 puts him fas-*test*-('") overall and he completed 130 laps today. During the two days Pedro did a total of 269 laps or 1192 km with one engine. Kimi completed a total of 70 laps today and finished second overall with a time of 1m16.467. The week following the Spanish Grand Prix, the Team McLaren Mercedes team is scheduled to -*test*-('") at Paul Ricard in France from 11th-13th May. Kimi Raikkonen "We have had two productive days in Jerez preparing for the Spanish Grand Prix. We have been -*test*-('")ing a number of developments in respect of aerodynamics and set-ups and it will be interesting to see how they work in a race weekend situation." Pedro de la Rosa "Our main focus for the past two days has been preparations and evaluations for the Grand Prix in my home country the weekend after next. We have done a lot of work considering we were only running two days when I did almost 1200 km and experienced no major problem."

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