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[bigmuz]

Barcelona - January 18
19 January 2005 | 5:36am

BarcelonaTest Report - Day One


Date 18th January 2005
Location Barcelona, Spain
Circuit Length 4.62km
Weather Cold but sunny all day
Ambient (av.) 10°C
Track (av.) 12°C


Test Objectives
Driver evaluations and development of components for the FW27


Comment
Tim Newton (Test Team Manager, WilliamsF1):
“The track at Barcelona has recently been re-surfaced and today marked its first official test session. The new asphalt was considerably slippery for Mark and Antonio on their initial outings but grip level gradually started to improve with the continual laying of rubber. There are some bumpy parts on the track but we are in discussion with the circuit management regarding these problem areas.

We won’t be able to commence work on tyre testing until we’ve clocked up some more miles and laid some more rubber on the track. We’ll continue in this vein over the next couple of days and hope for some more productive testing as the week progresses.“

Nick Heidfeld will join Mark Webber tomorrow.


Times
Pos Driver Car / Engine Best Laps Tyres
1. M Schumacher Ferrari 1:14.815 87 / 103 B
2. M Webber WilliamsF1 BMW 1:17.125 93 / 102 M
3. A Pizzonia WilliamsF1 BMW 1:17.370 62 / 79 M
4. J Trulli Toyota 1:18.372 47 / 48 M
5. D Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:18.467 56 / 60 M
6. V Luizzi Red Bull Racing 1:19.533 52 / 58 M
7. R Schumacher Toyota 1:19.936 44 / 46 M


OK is it just me, or is it still Ferrari 1st, Daylight second?

Muz

[hamish]

I don't think you can read too much into lap times in testing. Wasn't so long ago everyone thought Williams & Mclaren had caught up with Ferrari based on winter test times, only for Ferrari to come out & blitz everybody in Melbourne.

[Zac]

oh well, third place is like a win behind the Ferraris :)

[Nafe]

The fast lap in the Ferrari was 2004 spec.
2005-spec was a fair chunk slower.

[bigmuz]

Barcelona test - January 19
20 January 2005 | 4:53am

Barcelona Test Report - Day Two

Date 19th January 2005
Location Barcelona, Spain
Circuit Length 4.62km
Weather Cold but sunny
Ambient (av.) 11°C
Track (av.) 15°C


Test Objectives
Driver evaluations and development of components for the FW27


Comment
Tim Newton (Test Team Manager, WilliamsF1):
“Mark and Nick were on duty for the team today and recorded the quickest times of the session this morning. However, a technical problem with the suspension put an early end to the day’s schedule. The guys at the factory are currently investigating the problem, as soon as they have rectified the situation we will be back on track.“

Antonio Pizzonia will join Nick Heidfeld tomorrow.


Times
Pos Driver Team Best Laps Tyres
1. M Webber BMW WilliamsF1 Team 1:16.631 17 / 35 M
2. N Heidfeld BMW WilliamsF1 Team 1:16.978 27 / 34 M
3. M Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 1:17.029 72 / 126 B
4. J Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing 1:17.658 83 / 84 M
5. V Luizzi Red Bull Racing 1:18.028 33 / 39 M
6. D Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:18.197 30 / 52 M
7. C Klien Red Bull Racing 1:18.331 30 / 38 M
8. R Schumacher Panasonic Toyota Racing 1:20.430 20 / 22

Fair enough- looks like they might have the goods to be 2nd fiddle at least- cool!

Muz

[willsy01]

New Fezza is a bit slower.....good start for Mark though.

[Zac]

Not too fast too soon please Frank, save some for the races!!

[Cplus]

what was the fastest lap time during the Jerez GP last year?? and what pole p. time?

[a777]

Spanish GP

Fastest lap during the race:-
1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:17.450
2 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:17.495
3 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:17.556
4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:17.678

9 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:18.617

Qualifying :-
1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.022
2 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:15.639
3 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:15.809
4 Jarno Trulli Renault 1:16.144

9 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:16.514

Not that you can really compare considering it is now resurfaced :)

[Cplus]

so obviously that 1:14.xx that schuey did was on vapours or some extremely experimental (illegal) tyre. sort of a show who's boss kinda effort. especially seeing as it was his first drive in what 4 months?.....

green track would be slower btw - less grip.

[bigmuz]

It is going to be a better season one way or the other this year- especially for us Aussies.

Wish it was Melbourne time now!!!

Muz

[Zac]

All these changes were supposed to slow the cars down a lot more than this. We'll be back to 2004 speed by the end of this season!

Cplus, on the ferrari f1 website it says it was a 2004 spec car (like Nafe said). I don't know why they were testing with that at all. must have had some '05 bits on it.