Weather conditions: Damp in the morning, later friendly and dry Temperatures: Air: 9-15°C, track: 9-19°C Fastest lap overall: 1:18.953 min Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Bridgestone Number of cars participating: 13 Driver on duty: Nick Heidfeld Chassis Sauber: C24B Engine: BMW P86 V8 Test kilometres today:
173 km Number of laps
today: 39 Fastest lap: 1:20.710 min (lap 25) Test programme / Remarks: In the morning the team continued with the cooling system tests and ran engine functionality checks. They also started to work with Michelin on a tyre evaluation programme. Later the engineers
discovered heat damages in the exhaust environment as a consequence of a defect exhaust pipe. This could not be fixed anymore in the afternoon. What comes next: What comes next: Test in Jerez from January 11 to 13.