BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Barcelona Test Summary
BARCELONA TEST -- 1st -- 5th February 2003 Summary: The BMW WilliamsF1 Team has completed a five-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. It has been the first few days with the FW25 chassis. The car is not in its definitive aero specification so our concentration has been upon learning the car and putting as much mileage as possible on the new car and components. At the next test in Valencia we should be closer to our aero starting point for the FW25. We can then begin to work on the balance and fine-tuning. Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1): "It is the end of the first test with the FW25. This week has been about system checks on the car for reliability and performance. Now we head off to Valencia with the test team and a second new car." Juan and Ralf drove the FW25. Marc continued tyre testing for Michelin in the FW24. Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director): "We used Saturday and Sunday for engine development work with Marc GenÈ driving the FW24D with the new P83 engine fitted. The next "three days of the test we were supporting the Michelin tyre development programme which was run with the FW24 and last year's P82 engine. "Regarding the new chassis, the FW25, the focus has been on testing the new engine in its final surrounding. For example, checking the cooling system, oil circulation, intake system and exhaust system. This first test confirmed all systems were operating successfully. "The next three tests prior to the first Grand Prix will now be focussed on race performance set-up of the whole package." * The BMW WilliamsF1 Team will be running the next test at the Valencia circuit 10th --14th February HP the principle sponsor of the BMW WilliamsF1 Team would like to announce Barcelona daily best times (number of laps), best lap time of the day in bold: Driver/Car Tyre 01.02.03 02.02.03 03.02.03 04.02.03 05.02.03 Michael Schumacher B - - 1:17.273 1:15.454 1:15.108 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 91 84 105 Rubens Barrichello B - - 1:16.895 1:15.755 1:15.411 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 62 66 54 Juan Pablo Montoya M - 1:18.502 1:18.909 1:16.635 BMW WilliamsF1 Team 42 44 71 Heinz-Harald Frenzten B - - - - 1:16.320 Sauber Petronas 111 Cristano Da Matta B - 1:17.189 1:17.649 - - PanasonicToyota Racing 58 80 Olivier Panis B - - - 1:17.392 1:16.937 PanasonicToyota Racing 55 62 Marc GenÈ M 1:19.154 1:18.291 - 1:17.677 1:17.231 BMW WilliamsF1 Team 15 85 85 74 David Coutlhard M - - - - 1:17.297 West McLaren Mercedes 30 Nick Heidfeld B - - 1:17.896 1:17.484 - Sauber Petronas 94 96 Jarno Trulli M - - 1:17.774 1:17.553 - Mild Seven Renault F1 56 54 Jenson Button B - 1:18.143 1:17.804 1:18.492 - Lucky Strike BAR Honda 54 66 43 Kimi Raikkonen M - -- - - 1:17.976 West McLaren Mercedes 41 Jaques Villeneuve B - 1:18.047 1:18.349 1:18.978 - Lucky Strike BAR Honda 39 69 40 Antonio Pizzonia M - - 1:18.057 1:18.057 - Jaguar Racing 42 42 Allan McNish M - - 1:19.212 1:18.449 - Mild Seven Renault F1 64 51 Mark Webber M - - - - 1:18.645 Jaguar Racing 27 Ralf Schumacher M 1:19.050 1:19.794 1:18.724 - - BMW WilliamsF1 Team 42 52 62