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8 April: Testing Report - Barcelona - Day One

Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Spain
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen and Alex Wurz
Weather: Drizzle turning wet in the afternoon
Air temperature: approx. 15 degrees Celsius
Track temperature: approx. 17 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 134 laps
Best lap time of the day:
Kimi Raikkonen, 1m15.388s
Best lap time of the week: Jenson Button, BAR Honda, 1m13,553s (Thursday)
Best lap time of the week from a Team McLaren Mercedes driver: Pedro de la Rosa, 1m14.393s (Wednesday)
Total number of laps driven during the test: 465
Total number of km driven during the test: 2152km
Duration of test: Three days

Team McLaren Mercedes completed its three day testing programme at the Circuit de Catalunya today.

The wet weather conditions meant a change to the team's planned schedule with both Alex and Kimi focusing on running an intermediate and wet weather Michelin tyre programme for the forthcoming San Marino Grand Prix.

Alex was behind the wheel of an MP4-19B, completing a total of 66 laps with a fastest time of 1m15.535s. Kimi was behind the wheel of MP4-20 and was the fastest man on the circuit today. He completed 68 laps with a fastest time of 1m15.388s. Kimi's programme ended at approx.16:30 after the car experienced a transmission problem.

Alex Wurz
"Today we had to change our planned programme due to the wet weather, however it was a productive day and we completed a significant number of laps. I am now looking ahead to next week's test and putting in significant mileage on MP4-20."

Kimi Raikkonen
"The changeable weather conditions today meant that we could focus on both wet weather and intermediate tyre testing for Michelin, and the team worked well to change our programme from that which we had originally planned."

Barcelona Test - Report and Times - 8 April

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