Location: Silverstone circuit, Northamptonshire, UK Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya Weather:
Sunny in the morning, rain in the afternoon Track temperature: 26 degrees Celsius Air temperature: 20 degrees Celsius Laps run: Kimi Raikkonen
82, Juan Pablo Montoya 59 Kilometres
covered: Kimi Raikkonen 418 km, Juan Pablo Montoya 300 km Best lap time of the day: Kimi Raikkonen 1m16.953s Total
number of laps driven during the test: 401 (Kimi 185, Juan Pablo 81, Pedro 135) Total number of km driven during the test:
2061 km (Kimi 951km, Juan Pablo 416km, Pedro 694km) Duration
of test: Three days
Today, at 17:00 BST/18:00 CET, Team McLaren Mercedes completed a three day testing programme at
Silverstone circuit in the UK.
Kimi, Juan Pablo and Pedro have been in action this week, behind the wheel of MP4-20s.
The
first two days of the test were focused on Michelin tyre evaluation and back-to-back testing for the forthcoming Canadian as well as
the British Grand Prix. In addition to that testing was focused on suspension and set-up work for both Grands Prix. Juan Pablo and
Pedro were present on the first day when testing had to be finished prematurely due to heavy rain mid-afternoon with Kimi and Pedro
continuing the programme on day two.
Today saw Kimi, who ran consistently all day, joined by Juan Pablo on the
Northamptonshire circuit with the focus for the pair on continued Michelin tyre testing for the British Grand Prix. Juan Pablo had
an oil leak from the gearbox on his car at 10:20, which contaminated the clutch and lead to the gearbox being changed. After rain
had set in at 15:20 testing had to be continued on wet weather tyres.
The Columbian was back on track before the lunch break.
Kimi had a productive day completing 82 laps. The Finn was the fastest man on the track all week with a time of 1m16.953s posted
today.
KIMI RAIKKONEN "I am very happy with how the test went this week. I completed our scheduled programme
without any problems and have some positive results, after having covered more than three Grands Prix distances with my engine
yesterday and today. I am now looking forward to getting back on track in Montreal next Friday."
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA "We
had a good session this week, there were a couple of small issues as is always the case with testing, but the team resolved them
quickly, and we were able to cover over 400 kms in total during my testing."
PEDRO DE LA ROSA "I had two
constructive testing days and we have gained some interesting data. We now have a very good understanding towards which Michelin
tyre we will use at the Montreal and the Silverstone races."