Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Test Report - Silverstone - Day One



Date: Tuesday 19th June 2007

Driver: Pedro de la Rosa

Location: Silverstone, UK

Track Length: 5.141km

Weather: Warm and sunny: Track temperature, 34.4°C / Ambient temperature, 22.3°C

Laps Run: 98

Kilometres Covered: 504km approx.

Best Lap Time: 1m22.915 at 16:19

Programme: The three day session is planned to be the most comprehensive test of the season so far for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team. Fernando and Pedro are each spending time at Silverstone as the team work through an intensive engineering programme with Pedro kicking off the work around the Northamptonshire circuit today. Work today was focused on developments to the MP4-22 and set up for the upcoming British Grand Prix.

Driver for Day Two: Pedro de la Rosa

Duration of Test: Three days (Tuesday 19th - Thursday 21st June)

Unofficial times*:

Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps

1 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1m22.540 71

2 Pedro de la Rosa Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m22.915 98

3 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m23.329 42

4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m23.510 63

5 Luca Badoer Ferrari 1m23.768 57

6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m23.841 41

7 Tonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1m24.125 50

8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1m24.665 124

9 Adrian Valles Spyker 1m25.394 36

10 Giedo van der Garde Spyker 1m25.931 27

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