MALAYSIA TEST - 29th MARCH 2007

Date: Thursday 29th March 2007

Drivers: Lewis Hamilton
Location: Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Track Length: 5.543km
Weather: Wet to start, dry and hot until shortly before 16:00 when the wet conditions returned.
Track temperature: 48.9° Celsius
Air temperature: 30.4° Celsius
Laps run today: 57
Kilometres covered today: Lewis – 315km approx.
Best lap time today: Lewis – 1m35.918 at 15:17

Programme: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes continued its intensive test programme at Sepang today, in a session that was affected by the monsoon rain showers. Overnight rain lead to wet track conditions at the start of running. Shortly after 10am, dry Bridgestone Potenza tyres were fitted to Lewis’s MP4-22 and the team set about pushing forward with the test plan of tyre evaluation and general development of the package. Another downpour hit the track late afternoon and, having achieved enough wet running during the morning, Lewis remained in the garage. As a result of the wet conditions, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes will be extending the test session to tomorrow, with Lewis remaining at the wheel of the MP4-22.
Duration of test: Four days (Tuesday 27th – Friday 30th March)

Sepang - 29/03/2007
1 . L. Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes MP4-22 - 1:35.918 (+ 0.000 ) - 57 laps
2 . M. Webber - Red Bull Renault RB3 - 1:36.138 (+ 0.220 ) - 62 laps
3 . R. Schumacher - Toyota TF107 - 1:36.700 (+ 0.782 ) - 69 laps
4 . V. Liuzzi - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR2 - 1:36.712 (+ 0.794 ) - 56 laps
5 . F. Massa - Ferrari F2007 - 1:36.947 (+ 1.029 ) - 65 laps
6 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota FW29 - 1:37.070 (+ 1.152 ) - 71 laps
7 . J. Button - Honda RA107 - 1:37.472 (+ 1.554 ) - 93 laps
8 . A. Davidson - Super Aguri Honda SA07 - 1:37.606 (+ 1.688 ) - 44 laps
9 . N. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber F1.07 - 1:38.551 (+ 2.633 ) - 35 laps
10 . H. Kovalainen - Renault R27 - 1:39.654 (+ 3.736 ) - 20 laps.