19-02-2004
Just as some were beginning to write off McLaren as serious contenders this year, the Woking outfit returns to form, with Kimi Raikkonen breaking Juan Pablo Montoya's day-old lap record at Valencia.
While Raikkonen was topping the timesheets, teammate David Coulthard was fifth quickest, albeit 0.5s off the pace. However between them the two McLaren drivers completed 175 laps, a major confidence boost in terms of reliability.
Second quickest was Mark Webber, as Jaguar continues where it left off yesterday. In addition to once again completing the most laps of the day (128), Webber posted a fastest lap just 0.101s off Raikkonen's best. Teammate Christian Klien successfully completed a race distance run, giving the Milton Keynes team further reason to approach the coming season with confidence.
Ralf Schumacher joined Juan Pablo Montoya today. The German spent the morning working on set ups, trying out a wide range of different settings before focussing on tyre testing in the afternoon in addition to testing the traction control and carrying out a number of practice starts. The German posted his fastest lap of the year at the Spanish track. Meanwhile, Juan Pablo successfully carried out a race simulation, despite having to stop several times as a result of red flags.
BAR had Button, Sato and Davidson on duty. The Japanese driver was the quickest of the Lucky Strike trio, Davidson paying particular attention to brake evaluation.
Toyota had Ricardo Zonta and Cristiano da Matta on duty, the Brazilian duo completing 176 laps.
Test Times: Valencia 19-02
Today's Times
Driver
Team
T
Laps
Time
Gap
Raikkonen McLaren M
69
1:08.995 129.875 mph
Webber Jaguar M
128
1:09.096 0.101
R Schumacher WilliamsF1 M
76
1:09.406 0.411
Montoya WilliamsF1 M
119
1:09.436 0.441
Coulthard McLaren M
106
1:09.493 0.498
Sato BAR M
94
1:09.615 0.620
Button BAR M
82
1:09.706 0.711
Zonta Toyota M
120
1:10.092 1.097
Davidson BAR M
53
1:10.292 1.297
da Matta Toyota M
56
1:10.733 1.738
Klien Jaguar M
124
1:11.323 2.328
Best Times To Date
Date
Driver
Team
Tyre
Time
Gap
19 Feb
Raikkonen McLaren M
1:08.995 129.875 mph
19 Feb
Webber Jaguar M
1:09.096 0.101
18 Feb
Montoya WilliamsF1 M
1:09.103 0.108
29 Jan
Pizzonia WilliamsF1 M
1:09.165 0.170
19 Feb
R Schumacher WilliamsF1 M
1:09.406 0.411
29 Jan
M Schumacher Ferrari B
1:09.414 0.419
18 Feb
Button BAR M
1:09.467 0.472
19 Feb
Coulthard McLaren M
1:09.493 0.498
18 Feb
Klien Jaguar M
1:09.514 0.519
19 Feb
Sato BAR M
1:09.615 0.620
19 Feb
Zonta Toyota M
1:10.092 1.097
27 Jan
Gene WilliamsF1 M
1:10.198 1.203
19 Feb
Davidson BAR M
1:10.292 1.297
28 Jan
Panis Toyota M
1:10.455 1.460
29 Jan
Fisichella Sauber B
1:10.473 1.478
28 Jan
Trulli Renault M
1:10.492 1.497
18 Feb
da Matta Toyota M
1:10.523 1.528
20 Jan
Wurz McLaren M
1:10.526 1.531
20 Jan
de la Rosa McLaren M
1:10.571 1.576
28 Jan
Massa Sauber B
1:10.640 1.645
28 Jan
Montagny Renault M
1:11.280 2.285
28 Jan
Wirdheim Jaguar M
1:11.791 2.796
28 Jan
Bruni Minardi B
1:12.462 3.467
29 Jan
Baumgartner Minardi B
1:13.306 4.311
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Just as some were beginning to write off McLaren as serious contenders this year, the Woking outfit returns to form, with Kimi Raikkonen breaking Juan Pablo Montoya's day-old lap record at Valencia.
While Raikkonen was topping the timesheets, teammate David Coulthard was fifth quickest, albeit 0.5s off the pace. However between them the two McLaren drivers completed 175 laps, a major confidence boost in terms of reliability.
Second quickest was Mark Webber, as Jaguar continues where it left off yesterday. In addition to once again completing the most laps of the day (128), Webber posted a fastest lap just 0.101s off Raikkonen's best. Teammate Christian Klien successfully completed a race distance run, giving the Milton Keynes team further reason to approach the coming season with confidence.
Ralf Schumacher joined Juan Pablo Montoya today. The German spent the morning working on set ups, trying out a wide range of different settings before focussing on tyre testing in the afternoon in addition to testing the traction control and carrying out a number of practice starts. The German posted his fastest lap of the year at the Spanish track. Meanwhile, Juan Pablo successfully carried out a race simulation, despite having to stop several times as a result of red flags.
BAR had Button, Sato and Davidson on duty. The Japanese driver was the quickest of the Lucky Strike trio, Davidson paying particular attention to brake evaluation.
Toyota had Ricardo Zonta and Cristiano da Matta on duty, the Brazilian duo completing 176 laps.
Test Times: Valencia 19-02
Today's Times
Driver
Team
T
Laps
Time
Gap
Raikkonen McLaren M
69
1:08.995 129.875 mph
Webber Jaguar M
128
1:09.096 0.101
R Schumacher WilliamsF1 M
76
1:09.406 0.411
Montoya WilliamsF1 M
119
1:09.436 0.441
Coulthard McLaren M
106
1:09.493 0.498
Sato BAR M
94
1:09.615 0.620
Button BAR M
82
1:09.706 0.711
Zonta Toyota M
120
1:10.092 1.097
Davidson BAR M
53
1:10.292 1.297
da Matta Toyota M
56
1:10.733 1.738
Klien Jaguar M
124
1:11.323 2.328
Best Times To Date
Date
Driver
Team
Tyre
Time
Gap
19 Feb
Raikkonen McLaren M
1:08.995 129.875 mph
19 Feb
Webber Jaguar M
1:09.096 0.101
18 Feb
Montoya WilliamsF1 M
1:09.103 0.108
29 Jan
Pizzonia WilliamsF1 M
1:09.165 0.170
19 Feb
R Schumacher WilliamsF1 M
1:09.406 0.411
29 Jan
M Schumacher Ferrari B
1:09.414 0.419
18 Feb
Button BAR M
1:09.467 0.472
19 Feb
Coulthard McLaren M
1:09.493 0.498
18 Feb
Klien Jaguar M
1:09.514 0.519
19 Feb
Sato BAR M
1:09.615 0.620
19 Feb
Zonta Toyota M
1:10.092 1.097
27 Jan
Gene WilliamsF1 M
1:10.198 1.203
19 Feb
Davidson BAR M
1:10.292 1.297
28 Jan
Panis Toyota M
1:10.455 1.460
29 Jan
Fisichella Sauber B
1:10.473 1.478
28 Jan
Trulli Renault M
1:10.492 1.497
18 Feb
da Matta Toyota M
1:10.523 1.528
20 Jan
Wurz McLaren M
1:10.526 1.531
20 Jan
de la Rosa McLaren M
1:10.571 1.576
28 Jan
Massa Sauber B
1:10.640 1.645
28 Jan
Montagny Renault M
1:11.280 2.285
28 Jan
Wirdheim Jaguar M
1:11.791 2.796
28 Jan
Bruni Minardi B
1:12.462 3.467
29 Jan
Baumgartner Minardi B
1:13.306 4.311
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