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2006 World Cup

11 May: Formula 1 Testing at 3 tracks

Testing continued today at Fiorano and Vallelunga and commenced at Paul Ricard.

At Fiorano, Michael Schumacher joined Luca Badoer. The pair concentrated on wet tyre testing on an artificially watered track. Testing continues tomorrow.

At Vallelunga, Mark Webber joined test driver Antonio Pizzonia. Both concentrating on tyre testing. Testing concludes tomorrow.

At Paul Ricard, 6 teams commenced a 3 day test. The first 2 days, the teams will be using  a new track solution (2D sc) which offers a similar layout to the upcoming Monaco track. On the 3rd day the teams will test on track solution 1E sc to work on setup for the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of the day with a 1:04.106 ahead of Ricardo Zonta (Toyota Test Driver) and Heikki Kovalainen (Renault Test Driver).
Kovalainen covered the most number of laps with a massive 213 laps!

Formula 1 Team notes below

Fiorano Test Times

DriverTeamBest LapNumber of Laps
Michael SchumacherFerrari1:02.71568
Luca BadoerFerrari1:03.11934

Times according to Ferrari F1

Vallelunga Test Times

DriverTeamBest LapNumber of Laps
Mark WebberWilliams56.44997
Antonio PizzoniaWilliams57.209128

Times according to the Williams BMW F1

Paul Ricard Test Times

DriverTeamBest LapNumber of Laps
Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren1:04.106146
Ricardo ZontaToyota1:04.623106
Heikki KovalainenRenault1:04.735213
Franck MontagnyRenault1:04.786152
David CoulthardRed Bull1:05.056102
Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull1:05.251109
Enrique BernoldiBAR Honda1:05.273171
Olivier PanisToyota1:05.30492
Felipe MassaSauber1:05.414148
Anthony DavidsonBAR Honda1:05.435117
Alex WurzMcLaren1:05.81393

Times according to the individual F1 teams

Ferrari Test NotesWilliams BMW Test NotesMcLaren Test Notes
Renault Test NotesSauber Test NotesBAR Test Notes

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