Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Barcelona Test Report - Day One

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Barcelona Test Report - Day One

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Barcelona Test Report - Day One

McLaren


Date Monday November 17 2008
Drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett
Location Barcelona
Track length 4.655km
Weather Dry all day. Cold in the morning but bright and sunny later.
Laps completed 65 (Pedro), 78 (Gary)

Kilometres covered 666km (Pedro 303; Gary 363)
Best laptime Pedro - 1m21.417 at 16:13pm
Programme Both drivers undertook pre-2009 preparation work using cars fitted with slicks and modified to simulate ‘09 levels of downforce. Pedro focused on the MP4-23K - the KERS car.
Driver for day two Gary Paffett
Duration of test Three days (November 17-19 2008)

Pos 	Driver 	Constructor 	Time 	Laps 
1	Takuma Sato 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	1m20.763 	121
2	Sebastien Buemi 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	1m21.071 	117
3	Alex Wurz 	Honda 	1m21.198 	77
4	Pedro de la Rosa 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	1m21.417 	65
5	Gary Paffett 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	1m21.956 	78
6	Luca Badoer 	Ferrari 	1m22.038 	94
7	Robert Kubica 	BMW Sauber 	1m22.341 	56
8	Sebastien Loeb 	Red Bull Racing 	1m22.503 	82
9	Nelson Piquet 	Renault 	1m22.560 	80
10	Christian Klien 	BMW Sauber 	1m22.883 	53
11	Nico Hulkenberg 	Williams 	1m23.467 	116
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	Force India 	1m23.794 	86
13	Adrian Sutil 	Force India 	1m23.832 	88
14	Marc Gene 	Ferrari 	1m24.177 	32
15	Bruno Senna 	Honda 	1m24.343 	39
16	Guido van der Garde 	Renault 	1m24.908 	32
17	Lucas di Grassi 	Renault 	1m25.512 	48

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