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14 April: Testing Report - Paul Ricard - Day Two

Location: Paul Ricard, France
Drivers: Alex Wurz and Pedro de la Rosa
Weather: Sunny, clear skies
Air temperature: approx. 16 degrees Celsius
Track temperature: approx. 31 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 228 laps
Kilometres covered: Alex Wurz approx. 533km, Pedro de la Rosa approx. 341km
Best lap time of the day: Takuma Sato, BAR Honda, 1m02.839s
Best lap time of a Team McLaren Mercedes driver: Alex Wurz, 1m03.790s (seventh)
Duration of test: Three days

The Team McLaren Mercedes team continued its second day of testing today at Paul Ricard, with Alex Wurz and Pedro de la Rosa behind the wheel of MP4-20s.

Alex completed his programme today which was concentrating on car set up and Michelin tyre development work for the forthcoming San Marino Grand Prix. Alex did have a spin this morning, however the car was not damaged and after being wheeled back to the garage, he continued with his planned programme.

Pedro was concentrating on set up work this morning. He experienced mechanical problems this afternoon which resulted in him losing three hours of track time while the team repaired the car. He then went back out on track at approximately 16:00, but suffered an engine failure at 17:15 prematurely ending his programme.

Alex was the seventh fastest man on track today, completing 139 laps, with a fastest time of 1m03.790s. Pedro ended up eighth with a time of 1m03.863s.

Paul Ricard Test - Report and Times - 14 April

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