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Formula 1 News - January 2006
BMW Sauber F1 Team

19 January: Valencia Test - Day 3

Weather conditions: Sunny
Temperatures: Air: 9-22°C, track: 9-20°C
Fastest lap overall: 1:12.293 min Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1 Team, Michelin 
Number of cars participating: 2
Drivers on duty: Nick Heidfeld & Jacques Villeneuve
Chassis: Sauber C24B & BMW Sauber F1.06
Engine: BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 469 km & 304
Number of laps today: 117 & 76
Fastest lap: 1:12.293 min (lap 40) & 1:12.472 (lap 65)
Test programme / Remarks: On Nick Heidfeld's car, the crew ran a Michelin tyre programme.
On Jacques Villeneuve's car, the day was used for driver installation and basic set-up work.
What comes next: Test in Barcelona from January 23 to 26.

Technical Director Chassis Willy Rampf: "After a total of 692 kilometres with the BMW Sauber F1.06 in three days we are happy with the results we achieved. The main focus during the roll-out was to check functionality and to concentrate on reliability issues. On the whole, we experienced very few minor technical problems, and this allows us for the forthcoming track tests to focus mainly on set-up work, the introduction of test components and the continuation of the Michelin tyre development programme."

Jacques Villeneuve: "The BMW Sauber F1.06 felt really good. After the first day in a new car you can tell if it will be competitive or not; this one felt fast and I think there is more potential in it than in the C24 last year. That’s very positive.
"Overall, I think these three days went well. Normally with a new car you expect quite a few problems, but this test went pretty well, so I’m happy."

Jerez - Report and Times - 19 January
Best Lap Times and lap records at Testing Tracks

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