BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Barcelona Test Summary
BARCELONA TEST -- 8th-21st February 2003 Summary: Despite poor weather conditions prevailing in Spain, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team had another productive week progressing understanding and development of the FW25, in preparation for its race debut in Melbourne on March 9. Ralf Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya and Marc GenÈ all contributed to a full programme based on two 2003 chassis and a 2002 chassis carrying development components for the FW25. Sam Michael (Chief Operations Engineer, WilliamsF1): "We covered a lot of ground during the test, and although it was wet for most of it, we still learnt a lot about the new car. Ralf and Juan were driving an FW25 and Marc spent two days tyre testing with an FW24. The team now makes it way to the Jerez track with one FW25chassis for Juan and Ralf, while Marc will be testing at Imola with an FW24 to progress a tyre programme with Michelin." Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director): "This was a very positive test from BMW's perspective and we have covered a lot of mileage without any engine problems. We are pleased with the progression of our reliability in particular. The mixed weather conditions have led to some progress on the traction control, and some new BMW electronic parts have been tested successfully." * The BMW WilliamsF1 Team will be running the next test at the Jerez circuit for four days (25th-28th February) and also at Imola for three days (25th- 27th February) Barcelona daily best times (number of laps), best lap time of the day in bold: Driver/Car Tyre 18.02.03 19.02.03 20.02.03 21.02.03 Olivier Panis B 1:15.497 1:34.016 1:31.666 - PanasonicToyota Racing 51 41 28 Fernando Alonso M 1:15.950 1:32.696 1:29.644 - Mild Seven Renault F1 47 25 36 Giancarlo Fisichella B 1:17.059 1:32.497 1:28.703 - Jordan Ford 56 27 75 Ralf Schumacher M 1:17.722 1:31.567 1:31.456 1:17.962 BMW WilliamsF1 Team 56 55 31 81 Marc GenÈ M 1:17.758 1:34.190 - - BMW WilliamsF1 Team 42 35 Juan Pablo Montoya M 1:18.376 1:31.935 1:30.745 1:18.283 BMW WilliamsF1 Team 52 43 33 82 Jenson Button B 1:18.876 1:34.141 1:27.523 - Lucky Strike BAR Honda 41 32 76 Cristano Da Matta B 1:19.175 1:38.813 - - PanasonicToyota Racing 53 53 Jaques Villeneuve B 1:19.710 1:39.759 1:29.338 - Lucky Strike BAR Honda 13 26 22 Jarno Trulli M 1:20.351 - - - Mild Seven Renault F1 13 Ralph Firman B 1:20.591 1:32.709 - 1:18.384 Jordan Ford 49 53 60 Allan McNish M 1:21.863 - - - Mild Seven Renault F1 43 Mark Webber M - 1:33.074 1:27.477 - Jaguar Racing 50 64 Antonio Pizzonia M - 1:35.037 1:30.003 1:19.391 Jaguar Racing 48 49 69