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Formula 1 News - December 2005
McLaren Mercedes

Location: Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett
Weather: Sunny and clear
Air temperature: high of 18.3 degrees Celsius
Track temperature: high of 24.8 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 169
Kilometres covered: Pedro de la Rosa approx. 452km Gary Paffett approx. 297km
Best lap time of the day: Franck Montagny, Renault, 1m19.478
Best lap time of the day from a Team McLaren Mercedes driver: Pedro de la Rosa, 1m20.371
Duration of test: Four days (7th-10th December)

Team McLaren Mercedes' second test of the winter got under way at the Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain today with test driver Pedro de la Rosa and DTM Champion Gary Paffett behind the wheel of two MP4-20B interim cars.

Following the Barcelona test last week work continued on development and assessment of the Mercedes-Benz V8 engine and Michelin tyres. Today’s programme was completed successfully and without incident. Both Pedro and Gary covered 169 laps and 749km in total today.

Pedro de la Rosa was seventh quickest with a time of 1m20.371, whilst Gary Paffett, who completed his second test day for Team McLaren Mercedes following his victory in the DTM championship this year, was 11th overall and set a fastest time of 1m20.746.

Testing continues tomorrow with Alex Wurz due to join Gary Paffett in Jerez.

Jerez - Report and Times - 07 December
Best Lap Times and lap records at Testing Tracks

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