WilliamsF1 commences final pre-season test


Mark Webber

By Andrew Hooper
February 22 2005

The BMW WilliamsF1 team commenced their final pre-season test at the Valencia circuit, with Mark Webber present. With the opening race in Australia in two weeks time the team is continuing their development of the FW27.

 
Valencia Test 21:02:2005 Day One
 

On a cold and windy day the BMW WilliamsF1 team would commenced their final test session prior to the opening round of the 2005 championship in Melbourne.

WebberThe team would continue with the development of the FW27, with Mark Webber the only driver present. His day would see him complete eighty one laps with a best lap time of 1m:11.513. He would focus on setup work for the FW27 as well as tyre testing for Michelin in the afternoon.

But his day would be frustrated by having to stop out on the track twice due to technical problems with the car. Fastest driver on the day was McLaren's Pedro de la Rosa with a time of 1m:09.023 minutes. Mark will continue testing at Valencia tomorrow.

WilliamsF1 Test Team Manager Tim Newton commented on the days testing: "Mark was on duty for the team today in Valencia and spent the morning concentrating on set-up work while in the afternoon he carried out some tyre testing for Michelin. Despite strong winds, Mark managed to complete 81 laps. He will be joined by Nick Heidfeld tomorrow. ”
  
Pos Driver		Team		Best	Laps 	Tyres

1. P de la Rosa	McLaren Mercedes	1:09.023	56 / 125	M
2. A Wurz		McLaren Mercedes	1:09.053	28 / 107	M
3. M Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari	1:11.338	79 / 90	B
4. M Webber	BMW WilliamsF1	1:11.513	78 / 81	M
5. R Barrichello	Scuderia Ferrari	1:11.672	69 / 85	B
 
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