WilliamsF1 Silverstone Day Two

By Andrew Hooper
September 17 2003

 

 

  
Silverstone Test 17:09:2003 Day Two of Three
 
Day two of the BMW WilliamsF1 Silverstone test was run under sunny conditions. The team again focused on setup work in preparation for the US GP at Indianapolis and the Japanese GP at Suzuka.

Marc GeneJuan Pablo Montoya and Marc Gene continued their driving duties, while Ralf Schumacher continued to recover from his Monza test crash. The team had no problems during the day with both drivers able to clock up a lot of test miles.

Juan Pablo would complete forty three laps, while Marc would complete a staggering one hundred and fifteen laps. Marc would set a best lap time of 1m:20.824, while Juan Pablo was faster with a lap time of 1m:19.966. The team will continue testing on Thursday.

Tim Newton,  WilliamsF1 Test Team Manager, commented on the days tetsing:
"Juan Pablo and Marc continued the testing programme today at Silverstone in preparation for Indianapolis and Suzuka. Juan completed 43 laps and spent the session concentrating on fine tuning the suspension as well as conducting some brake evaluation work. Marc successfully completed 600 kilometres, which included a race simulation. Both drivers also undertook tyre testing duties for Michelin."
 

Driver Car / Engine Time Lap

1. J P Montoya WilliamsF1 BMW 1:19.966 35/43
2. M Gené WilliamsF1 BMW 1:20.824 26/116
3. R Firman Jordan Ford 1:23.171 20/26
 
 
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