JEREZ TEST - DAY TWO
JEREZ TEST - DAY TWO Date Thursday 18 February 2010 Track Circuito de Jerez Driver Nico Rosberg No of Laps 71 laps Best Lap Time 1:28.515 Kilometres Covered 314kms Track Length 4.428kms Weather Wet and windy with frequent showers Ambient Temperature Maximum 13°C Track Temperature Maximum 13°C Nico Rosberg was back in the MGP W01 car today as the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team continued this week's test programme in Jerez, Spain. Poor weather continued to affect the testing action with frequent heavy rain showers and strong winds causing a frustrating day for the teams and drivers. The team worked hard to make the best of the ever-changing conditions with Nico completing a wet set-up programme in the morning and focusing on race procedures including practice pit stops in the afternoon when the track conditions became too poor for any meaningful running. Nico completed 71 laps today. Michael Schumacher will drive the MGP W01 tomorrow with Nico completing the programme on Saturday. Nico Rosberg: "On the positive side, we achieved some good mileage today despite the conditions and completed a lot of our systems work. It was useful for me to practice pit stops and get into the routine for the races. However it has been difficult and frustrating with the weather as we're obviously not able to learn as much as we could with a dry track. But that's the same for everyone and we will hope for an improvement over the next two days." TIMES (All timings are unofficial) Pos Driver Car Time Laps 1. Rubens Barrichello Williams 1:27.145 98 2. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:27.828 56 3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:28.162 70 4. Nico Rosberg MERCEDES GP PETRONAS 1:28.515 71 5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:28.879 92 6. Pedro De La Rosa BMW Sauber 1:29.691 8 7. Paul Di Resta Force India 1:30.344 33 8. Timo Glock Virgin Racing 1:30.476 72 9. Tonio Liuzzi Force India 1:30.666 24 10. Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:30.979 57 11. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1:32.678 57 12. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus 1:33.554 30 Wolfgang Schattling: Tel. +49 711 178 4008, E: wolfgang.schattling@daimler.com Nicola Armstrong: Tel. +44 1280 844096, E: narmstrong@mercedes-gp.com Lars Soutschka: Tel. +49 711 178 4019, E: lars.soutschka@daimler.com Sabine Kehm: Tel. +49 170 247 5300, E: sabinekehm@aol.com (Michael Schumacher) Further information about MERCEDES GP PETRONAS is available on our media website: www.mercedes-gp.com/media The PDF attached is safe and free from viruses. If you no longer wish to receive this information, please reply to this email typing UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject box.