Paul Ricard Test - 11 - 13 May 2005
Circuit Paul Ricard, Wednesday, 13 May 2005
Weather: Sunny Temperatures: Air 24°, Track 36°
Number of laps: Jacques Villeneuve 119 laps, 514.144 kilometres
Track Length: 3.593 kilometres

13 May: Team SAUBER PETRONAS completed its three-day test at the Circuit Paul Ricard today. Jacques Villeneuve covered altogether 119 laps in chassis C24-05 to set best times of 1:27.011s and 1:02.596s respectively. Team SAUBER PETRONAS will be testing again from 1 to 3 June in Monza.

Giampaolo Dall'Ara (Race Engineer): "Until Alexander Wurz's accident we could run our planned programme, but as a result of this we all had to return to the short track layout which was a big disappointment for our team. It completely mixed up our programme and we needed to find a compromise, but at the end of the day we managed to complete the test. Unfortunately Jacques ran wide at one point and hit hard a kerb of another track layout. This damaged the car too much to continue, so we were forced to finish earlier today. "Although we missed some running I think the test this week was not too bad overall. We were able to make our Michelin tyre selection for Montreal and found a reasonable set-up. However, the car's performance still needs improvement."

Testing Report - 13 May

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