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*QUICKEST TIME:

VALENCIA TEST: MAR / FEB 2006

  • 2006 MAR 1: 1 Raikkonen, McLaren 1m 9.416*
  • 2006 FEB 28: 1 Kovalainen, Renault 1m 10.436

BARCELONA TEST: FEB 2006 (quickest: Button, Honda 1m 14.111)

  • 2006 FEB 17: 1 Raikkonen, McLaren 1m 15.224
  • 2006 FEB 21: 1 Webber, Williams 1m 17.676

VALENCIA TEST: FEB 2006

  • 2006 FEB 17: 1 Raikkonen, McLaren 1m 9.987
  • 2006 FEB 16: 1 Kovalainen, Renault 1m 10.631
  • 2006 FEB 15: 1 Rosberg, Williams 1m 10.994

JEREZ TEST: FEB 2006

  • 2006 FEB 8: 1 Fisichella, Renault 1m 17.756
  • 2006 FEB 9: 1 de la Rosa, McLaren 1m 17.454
  • 2006 FEB 8: 1 Alonso, Renault 1m 16.960

VALENCIA TEST: FEB/JAN 2006

  • 2006 FEB 3: 1 Alonso, Renault 1m 10.530
  • 2006 FEB 2: 1 Alonso, Renault 1m 10.890
  • 2006 FEB 1: 1 Alonso, Renault 1m 11.200
  • 2006 JAN 31: Barrichello, Honda 1m 19.384

BARCELONA TEST: JAN 2006

  • 2006 JAN 26: 1 Massa, Ferrari 1m 15.964
  • 2006 JAN 25: 1 Massa, Ferrari 1m 15.679
  • 2006 JAN 24: 1 Gene, Ferrari 1m 16.581
  • 2006 JAN 23: 1 Villeneuve, BMW 1m 17.230

JEREZ TEST: JAN 2006

  • 2006 JAN 18: 1 Button, Honda 1m 18.799
  • 2006 JAN 18: 1 Button, Honda 1m 18.388
  • 2006 JAN 13: 1 Alonso, Renault 1m 18.508
  • 2006 JAN 12: 1 Barrichello, Honda 1m 16.712
  • 2006 JAN 11: 1 de la Rosa, McLaren 1m 16.504 *
  • 2006 JAN 10: 1 M Schumacher, Ferrari 1m 18.018

JEREZ TEST: DEC 2005

  • 2005 DEC 16: 1 Montagny, Renault 1m 18.334
  • DEC 15: 1 M Schumacher, Ferrari 1m 18.958
  • DEC 14: 1 Montagny, Renault 1m 18.793
  • DEC 13: 1 Massa, Ferrari 1m 19.074
  • DEC 10: 1 Villeneuve, BMW 1m 18.752
  • DEC 9: 1 de la Rosa, McLaren 1m 17.293
  • DEC 8: 1 Luca Badoer, Ferrari 1m 18.233
  • DEC 7: 1 Montagny, Renault 1m 19.453

BARCELONA TEST: NOV / DEC 2005

  • 2005 DEC 2: 1 Davidson, Honda 1m 25.542
  • NOV 30: 1 Button, Honda 1m 14.111 *
  • NOV 28: 1 Gary Paffett, McLaren 1m 20.588

MAR 1, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren 1m 9.416 *** QUICKEST ***
  • 2 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren +0.42
  • 3 *Anthony Davidson, Honda +0.88
  • 4 David Coulthard , Red Bull +1.6
  • 5 Ralf Schumacher , Toyota
  • 6 Jarno Trulli , Toyota
  • 7 *Alex Wurz , Williams
  • Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault +0.29
  • 3 Fernando Alonso, Renault +0.57
  • 4 Jenson Button, Honda +0.74
  • 5 Jarno Trulli , Toyota +0.96
  • McLAREN MERCEDES TEST REPORT
  • Team McLaren Mercedes completed the final test session before the start of the 2006 season today, with Kimi Raikkonen and Pedro de la Rosa covering 940km between them at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, on the way to Kimi setting the fastest time of the day.
  • Kimi's programme today saw the Finn continue set-up development work in the MP4-21 with his race engineer in preparation for the opening Grands Prix. He completed 121 laps of the track and topped the timesheets for the day and the week with a 1m09.416.
  • Pedro began the week on Monday driving the MP4-21. The two cars that were at the Barcelona test last week had returned to the McLaren Technology Centre to leave for Bahrain, with chassis one returning to testing duties at the hands of the Spaniard. A productive day saw Pedro complete 593km in the MP4-21.
  • The track was wet at the beginning of the day, from overnight rain, and this allowed the test team and Pedro to work on the development programme for the intermediate Michelin tyres. As the track dried out, Pedro switched to dry tyres and concentrated on achieving a good mileage total for the day.
  • Kimi arrived in Spain on Tuesday to take over testing with the MP4-21. The Finn covered nearly 300km at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, with sunny and warm weather conditions allowing the team to complete the programme for the day.
  • Alongside work with the MP4-21, the Team McLaren Mercedes test team has also been running an interim MP4-20 to continue Michelin development work. Gary Paffett was in the car on Monday, and covered 284km, with his running restricted to the afternoon as a result of the wet track. Pedro then switched to the MP4-20 for the final two days of the test, which saw the Spaniard complete 901km in total.
  • Since the MP4-21 had its shakedown on Monday 23rd January, it has completed 28 days of testing, covering around 8700km in total. The MP4-21s will now be freighted to Bahrain for the opening Grand Prix of the season on Sunday 12th March.
  • The test team will return to the McLaren Technology Centre and will focus on the continued car build of further MP4-21s. The on-track test programme is currently scheduled to recommence on Wednesday 22nd March at the Paul Ricard circuit in France.
  • Kimi Raikkonen: "We have had a productive couple of days in Valencia this week, we had some good pace with the car today and I set the fastest time, but testing is very different to being on the race track. The work this week was pretty much the same as at previous tests, focusing on the set-up of the car with my race engineer Mark Slade, alongside some tyre selection with Michelin." "Since we first ran the car, the test team has worked so hard on track so that we could put as much mileage on the MP4-21 and push the programme forward much as possible before the first race. I have completed 11 and a half test days in the MP4-21, and covered just over 3250km during these days." "I am now looking forward to getting back behind the wheel in Bahrain next week and driving the car in a competitive environment to see where we really are performance wise."

FEB 28, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault 1m 10.436
  • 2 *Anthony Davidson, Honda +0.08
  • 3 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren +0.37
  • 4 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren +0.4
  • 5 Nico Rosberg , Williams +0.83
  • 6 Mark Webber , Williams +1.1

FEB 22, 2006 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren 1m 15.224
  • 2 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault +0.29
  • 3 Fernando Alonso, Renault +0.57
  • 4 Jenson Button, Honda +0.74
  • 5 Jarno Trulli , Toyota +0.96
  • 6 Ralf Schumacher , Toyota
  • 7 Rubens Barrichello , Honda
  • 8 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren
  • 9 Christian Klien , Red Bull
  • 10 David Coulthard , Red Bull
  • 11 Mark Webber 12 Christijan Albers 13 Tiago Monteiro 14 Yuji Ide

FEB 21, 2006 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Mark Webber, Williams 1m 17.676
  • 2 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren +0.11
  • 3 *Robert Doornbos, Red Bull Ferrari +0.77
  • 4 Tiago Monteiro, Midland Toyota +1
  • 5 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLarren +1.1
  • 6 Takuma Sato, Super Aguri Honda +12

FEB 17, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren 1m 9.987
  • 2 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault +0.93
  • 3 David Coulthard, Red Bull Ferrari +1.08
  • 4 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault +1.25
  • 5 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren
  • 6 Christijan Albers, Midland Toyota
  • 7 *Adrian Sutil, Midland Toyota
  • 8 *Tiago Monteiro, Midland Toyota
  • RAIKKONEN: "It has been an encouraging week at the test; I have covered good mileage in the MP4-21 in dry track conditions and worked through a number of development programmes with the team. Next week I will be in Barcelona for my final test before going to Bahrain, I have three days in the car there and I am looking forward to carrying on with the work from this week."

FEB 16, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault 1m 10.631
  • 2 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLarren +0.03
  • 3 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault +0.29
  • 4 Nico Rosberg, Williams Cosworth +0.5
  • 5 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren
  • 6 David Coulthard, Red Bull Ferrari
  • 7 *Alex Wurz, Williams Cosworth
  • 8 Christijan Albers, Midland Toyota
  • 9 *Adrian Sutil, Midland Toyota

FEB 15, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Nico Rosberg, Williams Cosworth 1m 10.994
  • 2 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren +0.18
  • 3 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault +0.38
  • 4 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault +0.44
  • 5 Christian Klien, Red Bull Ferrari +0.53
  • 6 Mark Webber, Williams Cosworth
  • 7 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLarren
  • 8 Christijan Albers, Midland Toyota
  • 9 David Coulthard, Red Bull Ferrari
  • 10 *Robert Doornbos, Red Bull Ferrari

FEB 10, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault 1m 17.756
  • 2 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault +0.109
  • 3 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren +0.26
  • 4 Nick Heidfeld, BMW +0.9
  • 5 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren
  • 6 *Gary Paffett, McLaren
  • 7 *Robert Kubica, BMW
  • 8 Tiago Monteiro, Midland
  • 9 *Alex Wurz, Williams
  • 10 Scott Speed, Toro Rosso
  • 11 Christijan Albers 12 Mark Webber

FEB 9, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 *de la Rosa, McLaren 1m 17.454
  • 2 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault +0.02
  • 3 Mark Webber, Williams +0.31
  • 4 Jenson Button, Honda +0.5
  • 5 Jacques Villeneuve, BMW
  • 6 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 7 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault
  • 8 Nico Rosberg, Williams
  • 9 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren
  • 10 Jarno Trulli , Toyota
  • 11 Ralf Schumacher 12 Vitantonio Liuzzi 13 Christijan Albers 14 Tiago Monteiro

FEB 8, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Fernando Alonso, Renault 1m 16.960
  • 2 Jenson Button, Honda +0.14
  • 3 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren +0.31
  • 4 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren +0.46
  • 5 Rubens Barrichello, Honda
  • 6 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 7 Jacques Villeneuve, BMW
  • 8 Mark Webber, Williams
  • 9 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault
  • 10 Jarno Trulli , Toyota
  • 11 Ralf Schumacher 12 Nico Rosberg 13 Tiago Monteiro

FEB 3, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Fernando Alonso, Renault 1m 10.530
  • 2 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault +0.39
  • 3 Nico Rosberg, Williams +0.87
  • 4 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren
  • 5 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 6 Ralf Schumacher , Toyota
  • 7 *Ricardo Zonta, Toyota
  • 8 *Robert Kubica, BMW
  • 9 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren
  • 10 *J-P de Oliveira, Williams
  • RENAULT TEST REPORT:
    ALONSO: "We completed another race distance today. The conditions were good today, because there were fewer cars running, so we didn't have as many red flags as yesterday. This afternoon, I worked on the tyres and I think we are making steady progress towards some good solutions.
    Every test between now and the first race will be important, but we have been productive during each one so far, and we managed to do that again this week."
    Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "We had a very efficient morning, with race distances completed on each car. It was certainly the best day we have had this week. Overall, this has been a very positive week for us, and we have made good progress with the programme. There has been some interesting tyre development with Michelin as well, and we have found some interesting directions that we need to explore further at the next tests. We will be back in action next week in Jerez."

FEB 2, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Fernando Alonso, Renault 1m 10.890
  • 2 Jenson Button, Honda +0.03
  • 3 Felipe Massa, Ferrari +0.39
  • 4 *Anthony Davidson, Honda +0.68
  • 5 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari
  • 6 Christian Klien, Red Bull
  • 7 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault
  • 8 Jacques Villeneuve , BMW
  • 9 Ralf Schumacher , Toyota
  • 10 *Alex Wurz , Williams
  • 11 Nico Rosberg 12 **Valentino Rossi 13 Pedro de la Rosa 14 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 Jarno Trulli 16 *Robert Kubica

FEB 1, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Fernando Alonso, Renault 1m 11.200
  • 2 Jenson Button, Honda +0.12
  • 3 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari +0.61
  • 4 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren
  • 5 Rubens Barrichello, Honda
  • 6 *Heikki Kovalainen, Renault
  • 7 Jarno Trulli , Toyota
  • 8 *Ricardo Zonta, Toyota
  • 9 Jacques Villeneuve, BMW
  • 10 David Coulthard, Red Bull
  • 11 **Valentino Rossi, Ferrari + 1.65 (special test for World Motorcycle champion)
  • 12 *Alex Wurz 13 *Gary Paffett 14 Mark Webber 15 *Robert Kubica
  • RENAULT TEST REPORT:
    ALONSO: "We had a good day today, in spite of the electrical problem this morning. It was not really serious, and in one sense, it allowed us to wait for the track conditions to improve because the circuit was damp this morning. We spent the afternoon working on tyre development with Michelin, and we were pleased with how the car performed on the tyres."

JAN 31, 2006 - VALENCIA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Rubens Barrichello, Honda 1m 19.384
  • 2 *Anthony Davidson, Honda +0.61
  • 3 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari
  • 4 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren
  • 5 Mark Webber, Williams
  • 6 Christian Klien, Red Bull
  • 7 *Gary Paffett, McLaren
  • 8 Nico Rosberg, Williams

JAN 26, 2006 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Felipe Massa, Ferrari 1m 15.964
  • 2 Rubens Barrichello, Honda +0.38
  • 3 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault +0.4
  • 4 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 5 Jenson Button, Honda
  • 6 Fernando Alonso, Renault
  • 7 David Coulthard, Red Bull
  • 8 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari
  • 9 Jarno Trulli, Toyota
  • 10 Ralf Schumacher, Toyota
  • 11 Liuzzi 12 Raikkonen 13 *Kubica 14 *de la Rosa

JAN 25, 2006 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Felipe Massa, Ferrari 1m 1m 15.679
  • 2 Fernando Alonso, Renault +0.52
  • 3 Jenson Button, Honda
  • 4 Rubens Barrichello, Honda
  • 5 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault
  • 6 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 7 Jarno Trulli, Toyota
  • 8 Olivier Panis, Toyota
  • 9 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren
  • 10 David Coulthard, Red Bull

JAN 24, 2006 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 *Marc Gene, Ferrari 1m 16.581
  • 2 Jacques Villeneuve, BMW +1.03
  • 3 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren +1.05
  • 4 *Gary Paffett, McLaren
  • 5 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 6 *Robert Doornbos, Red Bull

JAN 23, 2006 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Jacques Villeneuve, BMW 1m 17.230
  • 2 *Gary Paffett, McLaren +0.83
  • 3 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren
  • 4 Nick Heidfeld, BMW

JAN 19, 2006 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Jenson Button, Honda 1m 18.799
  • 2 Rubens Barrichello, Honda +0.48
  • 3 Ralf Schumacher, Toyota +0.57
  • 4 *Alex Wurz, Williams
  • 5 Nico Rosberg, Williams
  • 6 Jarno Trulli, Toyota

JAN 18, 2006 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Jenson Button, Honda 1m 18.388
  • 2 Jarno Trulli, Toyota +0.26
  • 3 *Anthony Davidson, Honda
  • 4 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren
  • 5 *Gary Paffett, McLaren
  • 6 *Alex Wurz, Williams
  • 7 Ralf Schumacher, Toyota
  • 8 Nico Rosberg, Williams

JAN 13, 2006 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Fernando Alonso, Renault 1m 18.508
  • 2 *Anthony Davidson, Honda +0.64
  • 3 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault +1.2
  • 4 *Gary Paffett, McLaren-Mercedes
  • 5 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren-Mercedes
  • 6 Rubens Barrichello, Honda
  • 7 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 8 Mark Webber, Williams
  • 9 *Alex Wurz, Williams
  • 10 Christian Klien, Red Bull

JAN 12, 2006 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS (*test driver)

  • 1 Rubens Barrichello, Honda 1m 16.712
  • 2 *Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren-Mercedes +0.021
  • 3 *Marc Gene, Ferrari +1.8
  • 4 Fernando Alonso, Renault
  • 5 Mark Webber, Williams
  • 6 *Ricardo Zonta, Toyota
  • 7 Nico Rosberg, Williams
  • 8 *Anthony Davidson, Honda
  • 9 Jarno Trulli, Toyota
  • 10 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault
  • 11 *Paffett 12 Heidfeld 13 Speed 14 Klien

JAN 11, 2006 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 de la Rosa, McLaren 1m 16.504
  • 2 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari +1.4
  • 3 Ricardo Zonta, Toyota +2
  • 4 Fernando Alonso, Renault
  • 5 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 6 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault
  • 7 Ralf Schumacher, Toyota
  • 8 Nico Rosberg, Williams
  • 9 Anthony Davidson, Honda
  • 10 Luca Badoer, Ferrari
  • McLAREN TEST REPORT: Team McLaren Mercedes returned to the test track today in Spain following a three and a half week break over Christmas and New Year. Pedro de la Rosa was joined at the Circuit de Jerez by reigning DTM Champion Gary Paffett, who was testing for the first time since being announced as an official Team McLaren Mercedes test driver on 21st December 2005.
  • Both drivers were running in interim MP4-20s, fitted with V10 engines. As scheduled the team is using the V10, because engine production is focused on the FO108S V8 for the MP4-21, which has different mountings from the one used in the MP4-20B. The V8 on track programme will be continued once the MP4-21 starts testing. By the end of the final test in December 2005, over 6,000kms had been covered by the V8 engine.
  • The programme for the day, which will continue over the remainder of the week until Saturday, focused on tyre development work with Michelin. Pedro had a minor software problem on his initial installation lap, which was resolved immediately and he continued with his programme. Both cars ran for the rest of the day with no further electronic or mechanical issues.
  • Pedro topped the timesheets, with Gary in 13th. The Team McLaren Mercedes drivers set times of 1m16.504 and 1m20.137 respectively, covering 167 laps and 740km in total today.

JAN 10, 2006 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari 1m 18.018
  • 2 Ricardo Zonta, Toyota +1.3
  • 3 Ralf Schumacher, Toyota +1.8
  • 4 Fernando Alonso, Renault
  • 5 Luca Badoer, Ferrari
  • 6 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

DEC 16, 2005 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Franck Montagny, Renault 1m 18.334
  • 2 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari +0.24
  • 3 Fernando Alonso, Renault
  • 4 Nico Rosberg, Williams
  • 5 Anthony Davidson, Honda
  • 6 Jenson Button, Honda
  • 7 Narain Karthikeyan, Williams

DEC 15, 2005 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari 1m 18.958
  • 2 Felipe Massa, Ferrari +0.1
  • 3 Franck Montagny, Renault +0.11
  • 4 Heikki Kovalainen, Renault
  • 5 Anthony Davidson, Honda
  • 6 Ricardo Zonta, Toyota
  • FERRARI TEST REPORT: Third day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, in southern Spain. At the wheel of an F2005, fitted with a regulated power version of the V10 engine, Felipe Massa completed a programme relating to Bridgestone tyre development, which he began on Tuesday. Driving an F2004 M, Michael Schumacher made his first appearance at this Spanish test, working on the development of the V8 engine, in collaboration with Shell. Felipe did 98 laps, the quickest in 1:19.059, while Michael completed 68, with a best time of 1:18.958.

DEC 14, 2005 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Franck Montagny, Renault 1m 18.793
  • 2 Narain Karthikeyan, Williams +0.37
  • 3 Felipe Massa, Ferrari +0.46
  • 4 Ricardo Zonta, Toyota
  • 5 Mark Webber, Williams
  • 6 Heikki Kovalainen, Renault
  • 7 Anthony Davidson, Honda
  • 8 Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren-Mercedes
  • 9 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 10 Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren-Mercedes
  • 11 Carroll/Honda 12 Perera/Toyota 13 Panis/Toyota
  • RENAULT TEST REPORT: The Renault F1 Team began its final winter test session of 2005 today at Jerez, with Franck Montagny and Heikki Kovalainen in action for the world champions. Running was delayed during the morning by cold circuit temperatures, which prevented useful running until the track had warmed up sufficiently. In spite of this, both drivers were able to make good progress on their respective programmes, with Franck Montagny working on tyre development for 2006 while Heikki Kovalainen worked on suspension evolutions.

DEC 13, 2005 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Felipe Massa, Ferrari 1m 19.074
  • 2 Ricardo Zonta, Toyota +0.98
  • 3 Gary Paffett, McLaren
  • 4 Pedro de la Rosa , McLaren
  • 5 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 6 Franck Perera , Toyota

DEC 10, 2005 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Jacques Villeneuve, BMW 1m 18.752
  • 2 Pedro de la Rosa , McLaren +0.81
  • 3 Ricardo Zonta , Toyota
  • 4 Jarno Trulli, Toyota
  • 5 Alex Wurz, McLaren
  • 6 Marc Gene, Ferrari
  • 7 Markus Winkelhock, Midland
  • 8 Roman Rusinov, Midland
  • BMW TEST REPORT: A productive final day of testing with Jacques Villeneuve running the best lap time of the day. The Sauber C24B with the BMW P86 V8 engine worked well and without problems all day long. The engineers concentrated on a tyre test programme for Michelin and gathered more data on the BMW P86 V8. The engine ran flawlessly, and reached its mileage around noon and therefore needed to be changed. The crew continued testing later in the afternoon.

DEC 9, 2005 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren 1m 17.293
  • 2 Nico Rosberg, Williams +1.8
  • 3 Jenson Button, Honda
  • 4 Jarno Trulli, Toyota
  • 5 Mark Webber, Williams
  • 6 Ricardo Zonta , Toyota
  • 7 Jacques Villeneuve, BMW
  • 8 Christijan Albers, Midland
  • McLAREN TEST REPORT: Team McLaren Mercedes completed a productive day of testing at the Circuito de Jerez, with Pedro de la Rosa topping the timesheets with a 1m17.293.With less interruptions to running from red flags, both Pedro and Alex completed their planned programme for the third day of the test, with the Spaniard covering 82 laps in a MP4-20 fitted with a V10 engine. Pedro's work focused on tyre comparisons with Michelin. Fellow test driver Alex Wurz put in 78 laps of the circuit an the interim MP4-20B V8, and was tenth fastest, with a time of 1m20.107. The Austrian was working on engine and set-up development programmes.

DEC 8, 2005 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Luca Badoer, Ferrari 1m 18.233
  • 2 Jenson Button, Honda +0.84
  • 3 Heikki Kovalainen, Renault
  • 4 Franck Montagny, Renault
  • 5 Ryan Briscoe, Toyota
  • 6 Jarno Trulli, Toyota
  • 7 Mark Webber, Williams
  • 8 Nico Rosberg, Williams

DEC 7, 2005 - JEREZ F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Franck Montagny, Renault 1m 19.453
  • 2 Marc Gene, Ferrari +0.23
  • 3 Heikki Kovalainen, Renault +0.34
  • 4 Anthony Davidson, Honda
  • 5 Narain Karthikeyan, Williams
  • 6 Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren
  • 7 Ralf Schumacher, Toyota
  • 8 Christian Klien, Red Bull
  • RENAULT TEST REPORT: The Renault F1 Team completed a busy, productive day of testing in Jerez today, running two R25 chassis with restricted V10 engines for Franck Montagny and Heikki Kovalainen. Montagny topped the times (1:19.453) after a tyre testing programme, while Kovalainen was third fastest (1:19.800).
    Franck completed a morning of set-up work, developing his work from Barcelona and continuing to make good progress on understanding chassis performance with V8 power. Subsequently, his work focused on tyre testing for Michelin and some brake testing.
    Heikki's first test of the winter saw him acclimatize himself to the simulated V8 power levels, prior to beginning working on set-ups. After this, he completed a suspension development programme.

DEC 2, 2005 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Anthony Davidson, Honda 1m 25.542
  • 2 Jenson Button, Honda
  • 3 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

NOV 30, 2005 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Jenson Button,, Honda 1m 14.111
  • 2 Franck Montagny, Renault +1.4
  • 3 Jarno Trulli, Toyota +2.9
  • 4 Ricardo Zonta, Toyota
  • 5 Nick Heidfeld, BMW
  • 6 David Coulthard, Red Bull
  • 7 Jose Maria Lopez, Renault
  • 8 Christian Klien, Red Bull
  • 9 Vitantonio Liuzzi , Toro Rosso
  • 10 Anthony Davidson, Honda
  • 11 Webber 12 Rosberg

NOV 28, 2005 - BARCELONA F1 TEST RESULTS

  • 1 Gary Paffett, McLaren 1m 20.588
  • 2 Alex Wurz, McLaren
  • 3 Nick Heidfeld, BMW

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