Jerez Day 1 – Toyota 5th and 6th fastest


By Nick Sparkes
February 7 2006

Panasonic Toyota Racing began their week at Jerez in Spain tyre testing with Ricardo Zonta and Olivier Panis. Alex Wurz gave himself a dream debut in the new Williams Cosworth by going fastest, closely followed by Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello in their Honda’s. Behind Wurz and the two Honda’s came Nico Rosberg in the second Williams concentrating on a new gearbox and tyre testing for Bridgestone.

Zonta and Panis were also running a Bridgestone programme in an effort to bring their tyre manufacture back to the front of the grid. At the tail of the field where Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro, Albers running in the teams 2006 racer and promptly finished ahead of his teammate Monteiro who drove last years machine.

1 A. Wurz Williams Bridgestone 01:18.144 48
2 J. Button Honda Michelin 01:18.250 88
3 R. Barrichello Honda Michelin 01:18.626 112
4 N. Rosberg Williams Bridgestone 01:18.735 84
5 R. Zonta Toyota Bridgestone 01:20.162 85
6 O. Panis Toyota Bridgestone 01:20.339 79
7 C. Albers Midland F1 Bridgestone 01:21.551 74
8 T. Monteiro Midland F1 Bridgestone 01:22.318 71

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