WilliamsF1 commences further testing at Jerez
By Andrew Hooper
March 14 2003
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| Jerez Test 12:03:2003 Day
One of Three |
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| Once again
the BMW WilliamsF1 team was out testing, as the team continues development
work on the new FW25. The test team was at the Jerez circuit with test
driver Marc Gene carrying out the test duties.
With a fine sunny day for the
team to test on Marc would continue testing of various components on the new
car. At the end of the day his best lap would be a time of 1m:20.362, after
completing sixty six laps.
Again the team had very good
reliability with the BMW P83 engine running all day long. This would allow
Marc to conduct tyre testing for Michelin. The test team would also work
further on developing a setup on the car once traction control is banned.
As for the other teams present Toyota's Cristiano da Matta would set the
fastest time ahead of McLaren's Alex Wurz.
Pedro de la Rosa would be present, this time testing for McLaren. He would
finish the day in fourth ahead of Takuma Sato who was testing for BAR.
WilliamsF1 Test Team manager
Tim Newton commented on the days testing by saying:
“It was a beautiful sunny day to start this three day test. The test team
were pleased with Sunday’s result and continued to maintain the hard work
needed for the continuous evolution of the FW25. Marc was driving today as
the focus was directed towards systems work and suspension comparisons. We
were also looking ahead to the ban on traction control which will be
introduced during the season and testing the new set-up.” |
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Pos. Driver
Car/Engine Time Laps
1. C da Matta Toyota 1:19.651 69/70
2. A Wurz McLaren Mercedes 1:20.270 20/34
3. M Gene WilliamsF1 BMW 1:20.362 25/66
4. P de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes 1:20.556 60/62
5. T Sato Toyota 1:21.503 57/81 0 |
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