Date: Thursday 22nd February 2007
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton and Pedro de la Rosa
Location: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Track Length: 5.412km
Weather: Sunny and dry all day. Track temperature – 38.9° Celsius / Ambient temperature – 23.2° Celsius
Total Laps Run: 130
Kilometres Lewis – 449km approx / Pedro – 254km approx.
Covered:
Best Lap Time: Lewis – 1m32.182 at 16.57 / Pedro – 1m32.621 at 15.18
Programme:
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is testing this week for the first time at the Bahrain International Circuit. The test team has set-up base at the Grand Prix track for a six day session. All the team’s main competitors are also present at the Bahrain test, which marks the final on track
development opportunity before the start of the 2007 Formula 1 season.
Work for Lewis and Pedro today focused on final sign-offs on elements of the MP4-22 package, such as software, as the team ran the Melbourne spec of the MP4-22 for the first time.
Drivers for Day Fernando Alonso and Lewis
Two:
Duration of Test: Six days (Thursday 22nd February – Thursday 1st March excluding Sunday 25th and Monday 26th February)
Unofficial times*:
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Laps
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1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m31.766 |86
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2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m31.901 |47
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3 | Jenson Button | Honda Racing | 1m32.099 |83
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4 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1m32.182 |83
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5 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda Racing | 1m32.570 |101
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6 | Pedro de la Rosa | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1m32.621 |47
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7 | Sebastian Vettel | BMW Sauber | 1m32.652 |104
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8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1m32.787 |33
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9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1m32.810 |49
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10 | Heikki Kovalainen | Renault | 1m33.139 |113
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11 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 1m33.396 |76
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12 | Nelson Piquet Jr | Renault | 1m33.816 |92
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13 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 1m34.077 |27
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14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 1m34.595 |31
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15 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1m35.265 |35
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16 | Tonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1m36.345 |25
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