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."
