WilliamsF1 completes Jerez Test


Mark Webber

By Andrew Hooper
February 11 2006

The WilliamsF1 team would complete their four day Jerez Test with Mark Webber and Alex Wurz taking to the track. Both drivers would suffer from problems with their cars, with Mark having a gearbox problem that would send his car of the track.

 
Jerez Test 10:02:200 Day Four
 

On a day that would start damp in the morning but would recover to be sunny later in the day the WilliamsF1 team would complete their four day test at the Jerez circuit. Conducting the days testing would be Mark Webber and Alex Wurz. Both drivers would continue setup and reliability testing of the new FW28.

WebberThe end of the day would see Alex finish eighth fastest but he was to suffer a few mechanical problems with his car that would prevent him from completing long runs. Mark's time out on the track would finish after just fifteen laps when he was to suffer a gearbox problem that would send his car off the track. Mark was not able to continue testing due to a lack of spares for his car. He would finish the day slowest.
 

WilliamsF1 Team Technical Director Sam Michael commented on the days testing.

Michael said: “After a wet morning, the track dried out around lunchtime. Alex continued working on reliability running for the engine and gearbox, while also fitting in some set-up work. Unfortunately Mark had to stop early as we were short on suspension spares with which to repair his car after an off. Overall, Jerez has proved to be a good test for reliability with the FW28, and we now look forward to Valencia next week and working  on further set-up options and carrying out tyre testing with Bridgestone.”

Simon Corbyn, Head of F1 Race Engineering, Cosworth summed up the four days of testing by saying: “Cosworth had a good week in Jerez with WilliamsF1. The latest CA2006 performance developments were successful, plus the engines ran in excess of the two race weekend life requirements with no issues. The Bahrain GP CA2006 Series 2 engine specification, which incorporates further performance and reliability updates, will track test next week in Valencia and the priority for the engine development programme will now shift to delivering the further upgrades scheduled for introduction during the 2006 season.”

 
Pos Driver 	  Team 		    Best Time Total Laps
1   G Fisichella  Renault (M)	    1:17.763	75
2   H Kovalainen  Renault (M)	    1:17.870	59
3   K Raikkonen	  McLaren (M)	    1:18.207	28
4   N Heidfeld 	  BMW Sauber F1 (M) 1:19.445	80
5   P de la Rosa  McLaren (M)	    1:19.488	49
6   G Paffett	  McLaren (M) *	    1:19.912	91
7   R Kubica	  BMW Sauber F1 (M) 1:19.994	82
8   T Monteiro	  MF1 (B)	    1:20.112	78
9   A Wurz	  WilliamsF1 (B)    1:20.314	79
10  S Speed	  Toro Rosso (B)    1:20.500	79
11  C Albers	  MF1 (B)	    1:21.854	63
12  M Webber	  WilliamsF1 (B)    1:23.494	15

FACTS AND STATS:

Jerez Test Best Times 
Pos Driver	  Team		Best Time Date
1   F Alonso	  Renault (M)	1:16.955  08.02.06
2   J Button	  Honda (M)	1:17.113  08.02.06
3   J P Montoya	  McLaren (M)	1:17.263  08.02.06
4   P de la Rosa  McLaren (M)	1:17.429  08.02.06
5   G Fisichella  Renault (M)	1:17.479  09.02.06

Teams Testing KMs (since Nov 28, 2005)
Pos	Team		  Cumulative KMs
1	Honda		  17,236.96
2	McLaren 	  16,476.41
3	Renault		  15,324.96
4	Toyota		  14,972.36
5	WilliamsF1	  11,214.63
6	BMW Sauber F1 	  9,325.094
7	Red Bull Racing	  5,652.573
8	MF1		  4,751.244
9	Toro Rosso	  3,195.32

Top 5 Drivers Testing KMs (since Nov 28, 2005)
Pos	Driver	Cumulative KMs
1	P de la Rosa	7,122.288
2	J Button	6,312.909
3	J Trulli	5,498.476
4	A Davidson	5,301.724
5	R Zonta		5,108.82
7	N Rosberg	4,908.139
11	A Wurz		3,492.556
12	M Webber	3,384.614
 

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