Testing times from Barcelona (Tuesday 1 May Day
2)
1st. Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari (1m30.280s)
2nd. Mark Webber - Red Bull (1m31.752s)
3rd. Heikki Kovalainen - Renault (1m32.149s)
4th. Nick Heidfeld - BMW (1m32.175s)
5th. Nico Rosberg - Williams (1m32.580s)
6th. Rubens Barrichello - Honda (1m32.911s)
7th. Jarno Trulli - Toyota (1m32.943s)
8th. Takuma Sato - Super Aguri (1m33.238s)
9th. Vitantonio Liuzzi - Toro Rosso (1m33.323s)
10th. Adrian Sutil - Spyker (1m35.488s)
11th. Scott Speed - Toro Rosso (1m39.950s)
12th. Fernando Alonso - McLaren (2m04.818s)
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Kimi quick again as rain hits Spain (Tuesday, 01 May
2007)
Kimi Raikkonen remained quickest on the second day of testing in
Spain - despite crashing in the heavy rain that marred the
session.
With the track wet for most of the day, few drivers managed to
complete any meaningful running, with Fernando Alonso only
bothering with an installation lap before returning to the garage
for the afternoon.
Raikkonen's afternoon was curtailed by a spin and minor impact with
the barriers at Turn 3, but not before he had completed 54 laps and
set the fastest time of the day by a full 1.5s.
Although today had been largely wasted, the Finn was more than
happy with the test overall - declaring that he had made a major
breakthrough with the Ferrari.
"Unfortunately the weather today was difficult but yesterday was a
good day," Raikkonen told autosport.com.
"We found something which we like much more than before, so I am
pretty happy with what we did yesterday.
"I am now much happier going into the race than the last couple of
races, because we found something which was definitely much better
for me.
"I think we can (now) use the full potential of the car."
Mark Webber was second quickest for Red Bull, ahead of Renault's
Heikki Kovalainen, who made the best of the situation.
"Personally, I tried to use every lap to improve something: trying
a new line, or pushing the braking points a bit further," said the
Finn.
"The track was changing all the time, and we were able to run the
wet and extreme wet tyres today.
"To be honest, I enjoy driving in the wet, it's different to normal
and good fun for the drivers."
Williams repaired the car damaged by Kazuki Nakajima yesterday so
that Nico Rosberg could go fifth fastest behind Nick Heidfeld,
while Spyker also had to work hard to get back on track following
Adrian Valles' shunt on Monday.
The team said that 225 man hours were put into repairing the
chassis ready for Adrian Sutil to use, but the German ultimately
only completed 11 laps before the dismal weather persuaded him to
park the car to avoid further damage.
"The boys did a fantastic job working through the night to repair
the car from yesterday's accident, so thanks to them, but due to a
shortage of spare parts, we didn't want to risk too much," said
technical director Mike Gascoyne.
The test has now been extended until Thursday to make up for
today's poor weather.
