OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
Barcelona, Spain, Mar 09, 2011
Date - Wednesday March 9 2011
Driver - Lewis Hamilton
Location - Circuit de Catalunya
Track length - 4.655km
Weather - Still grey and cold in the morning, but the sun briefly peeked through the clouds this afternoon. Maximum ambient temperature 14.4°C, maximum track temperature 30.0°C
Laps completed - 57
Kilometres covered - 265km
Best laptime - 1m22.888s at 16:03
Programme
Lewis took over the wheel for his penultimate day of pre-season testing. His programme largely mirrored Jenson’s day yesterday: he spent the morning running pitstop rehearsals with a full-race crew, which was cut short by a minor hydraulics leak.
The morning’s planned race simulation was also halted due to an exhaust failure just before lunch.
For the afternoon, Lewis and the engineers ran through a number of set-up evaluations, conducted over shorter runs. Lewis declared himself positive with the new components brought to this test, and the team is positive that it can end its preparations with two trouble-free days of running.
Tomorrow is a changeover day for the team, which will not be running at the Circuit de Catalunya. Track testing resumes on Friday, with Jenson once again driving MP4-26.
Driver for day three - Jenson Button
Duration of test - Four days (March 8-9 & 11-12)
* Official report courtesy of VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES *
Source of the photos >> F1 Fanatic
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