Pre-Season Testing

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Post by Graham Ross » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:33 am

McLaren fast again (and reliable too!)

Ferrari and Williams slow

Melbourne is near and all will be revealed

Go Montoya!!

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Post by JayVee » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:20 am

Looks like everyone is getting overexcited :bouncec:

McLaren ran the old car, it better be reliable :shock:
I'm back and yes supporting Alonso "The Cute" in the Ferrari!

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Post by Julian Mayo » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:31 am

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Post by Ed » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:33 am

Day 2 of testing at Valencia and Silverstone. Webber fastest in the Williams. Limited runing at Silverstone

Driver Team Total Laps Time
Mark Webber Williams 154 1:10.087
Ralf Schumacher Toyota 64 1:11.005
Michael Schumacher Ferrari 142 1:11.490
Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 64 1:12.154
Takuma Sato BAR 82 1:13.252

All cars 05 spec

Test times as reported by the Valencia circuit ... Full Report & team test notes

No times from Silverstone

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Post by Graham Ross » Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:35 am

Webber fastest :shock:

A second faster than Ralf :shock: :shock: and 1.5 faster than Michael :shock: :shock: :shock:

Bridgestone that bad ?

But McLaren didn't set times 8)
What is this rule about not being allowed to test at two tracks ? Don't Ferrari test anywhere they like :?:

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Post by Ed » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:29 am

Day 3 of testing at Valencia and Silverstone. Michael fastest in the wet. No runing at Silverstone

Driver Team Total Laps Time
Michael Schumacher Ferrari 58 1:21.766
Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 14 1:23.636
Pedro de la Rosa McLaren 17 1:24.309
Nick Heidfeld Williams 60 1:26.582
Ralf Schumacher Toyota 7 no time
Jenson Button BAR 3 no time
Alexander Wurz McLaren 2 no time

Test times as reported by the Valencia circuit ... Full Report & team test notes

Renault concluded testing without further running due to poor weather.

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Post by Ed » Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:42 am

Final day of testing at Valencia. Jenson Button fastest in the wet

Driver Team Total Laps Time
Jenson Button BAR 87 1:20.288
Nick Heidfeld Williams 68 1:21.606
Jarno Trulli Toyota 33 1:22.303

Test times as reported by the Valencia circuit ... Full Report & team test notes

Pre-Season testing has now been completed. Racing starts on the 6th of March in Melbourne.

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