Location: Circuito de Jerez, Spain Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett Weather: Dry initially with heavy rain later on Air temperature: high of 16.4 degrees Celsius Track temperature: high of 19.6 degrees Celsius Laps run: 83 Kilometres
covered: Pedro de la Rosa approx. 160km Gary Paffett approx. 200km Best lap time of the day: Fernando Alonso, Renault, 1m18.508 Duration of test: Four days (11th – 14th January)
Tyre testing remained the focus of the Team McLaren Mercedes test programme today at a rainy Jerez. Gary Paffett and Pedro de la Rosa put in the
fourth and fifth fastest times of the day respectively.
The day was dominated by red flag stoppages, with nearly twice as much time spent under red flag conditions compared to green.
Heavy rain towards the end of the session limited running in the late afternoon, as a result the
two Team McLaren Mercedes drivers completed just over 360kms of the Spanish track. Both Gary and Pedro had minor electronic software issues, which saw them stop out on track twice and once respectively.
The final day of this week's session will take place tomorrow with Pedro. This will be a wet test for the Michelin runners, with the track artificially dampened to allow the teams
to complete wet tyre testing.
