Barcelona Test 14th February 2007

Date: Wednesday 14th February 2007

Drivers: Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Track Length: 4.727km
Weather: Sunny
Track temperature: 23.9° Celsius
Air temperature: 20.1° Celsius
Laps run today: 241
Laps run in total at test: Total – 562: Fernando – 237 / Lewis – 248 / Pedro – 77
Kilometres covered today: Fernando - 544km approx. / Lewis - 595km approx.
Kilometres covered in total at test: Total – 2,657km approx: Fernando – 1,120km approx / Lewis – 1,172km approx. / Pedro – 364km approx.
Best lap time today: Fernando – 1m22.103 at 10.28 / Lewis – 1m22.292 at 12.10
Programme: Work in Barcelona continued to focus on the aerodynamic development and set-up evaluation with the MP4-22
Next Test: Bahrain - Three days (Thursday 22nd – Saturday 24th February)


MARTIN WHITMARSH: "This week saw the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes race team travel to Barcelona. We completed a number of race simulations, including Grand Prix specific activities such as pit stop practice as the team acclimatise themselves to the new equipment for 2007. Alongside this preparatory work, the development programme for the MP4-22 continued apace with Fernando, Lewis and Pedro putting more miles onto the package as we work through our scheduled programme. In addition to the work on track, Pedro has spent time at the McLaren Technology Centre today working with the engineers in Woking on a simultaneous programme to that being run by Fernando and Lewis, as we push hard on all fronts to maximise the performance of this car. The Circuit de Catalunya is the first genuine high speed track we have tested at this year, so it has been an interesting week and we have gained some useful intelligence on the car prior to testing moving to Bahrain.”

Driver Constructor Time Laps
David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m21.855 113
Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m21.958 97
Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m21.964 93
Fernando Alonso Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m22.103 115
Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1m22.280 87
Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m22.292 126
Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m22.369 45
Franck Montagny Toyota 1m22.446 108
Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1m22.758 91
Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m22.783 56
Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m22.834 61
Jenson Button Honda Racing 1m23.061 92
Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing 1m23.257 39
Alex Wurz WilliamsF1 1m23.275 39
Sebastian Vettel BMW Sauber 1m23.569 56
Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1m23.789 83
Christijan Albers Spyker F1 1m23.947 87
Takuma Sato Super Aguri 1m24.568 124
James Rossiter Honda Racing 1m24.605 5
Tonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1m26.296 31