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I thought a thread to discuss the lastest on pre-season testing would be appropriate.
Please note that test times vary depending on the team and hence you'll find variations between times reported by different teams. Times provided by circuit timing will be used when available.

Barcelona:
McLaren finished their testing while Ferrari and Sauber started theirs.
Times from today
Driver Team Best Time Laps
L Badoer Ferrari 1:15.899 75
M Schumacher Ferrari 1:16.002 57
J Montoya McLaren 1:16.536 72
F Massa Sauber Petronas 1:17.470 91

Only Badoer was driving an 04 spec car

Highlight: First time F2004M and MP4-20 test on same track.

Valencia:
Renault, BAR, Toyota ended their test session. Williams and Red Bull ended yesterday
Times from today
Franck Montagny Renault 1:10.252
Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:10.636
Takuma Sato Lucky Strike B.A.R. Honda 1:10.803
Anthony Davidson Lucky Strike B.A.R. Honda 1:10.841
Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:10.928
Olivier Panis Toyota 1:11.688

Only Montagny was driving an 04 spec car

Highlight: Fisichella drives the R25 for the first time. BAR Honda continues suffering engine failures

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Today Ferrari and Sauber continued testing in Barcelona
Michael Schumacher drove the F2004 M (05 spec) while Badoer drove the F2004
Felipe Massa drove the C24 (05 spec)

Times:
Driver Best Time Laps
L Badoer 1:15.668 103
M Schumacher 1:15.902 88
F Massa 1:18.293 128

It would be great if someone posts the track record as well just so that we can have a reference

Good Idea!

We've now setup a special thread that shows the fastest lap times at the test circuits. Click here for those lap times

renault are the only team to set times in the new car faster than the old car

they will fight ferrari this year

these times are not much of a guide, unless the cars are in race spec !

Final day of testing at Barcelona.
Michael Schumacher drove the F2004 M (05 spec) while Badoer drove the F2004. Jacques Villeneuve drove the C24 (05 spec)

Highlight: Villeneuve went off track on his penultimate lap. He is OK

Times:
Driver Best Time Laps
L Badoer 1:15.446 31
M Schumacher 1:15.973 61
J Villeneuve 1:18.108 79

julian mayo wrote:these times are not much of a guide, unless the cars are in race spec !

True. Test times can be misleading however they do provide some guide if a team is making good progress or not.

The true test will be in Melbourne of course

in Melbourne with 8 laps to go !

The Sauber seems slow I must admit

Lets hope they were running heavy fuel loads

julian mayo wrote:in Melbourne with 8 laps to go !

In a McLaren when you cross the finish line

The 2004M is still slower than the 2004 which is encouraging for the rest of us

First day of testing at Valencia this week. McLaren, Williams and Toyota were present:

Times from today

Alex Wurz McLaren 1:09.386 (MP4/19)
Mark Webber Williams 1:10.538 (FW27)
Nick Heidfeld Williams 1:10.903 (FW27)
Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:10.937 (TF105)
Olivier Panis Toyota 1:11.061 (TF105)
Pedro de la Rosa McLaren 1:11.729 (MP4/20)

Testing continues tomorrow with Alonso (Renault) and Barrichello (Ferrari) joining the action.

Williams looking good, McLaren starting to struggle ? Please not!

Toyota seems reasonably quick too!

Interesting that the 2 Williams seem fast out of the box. It is looking good for them although Ralfie isn't far behind so have Toyota improved ?

McLaren having problems with the new car

Ralf cant concentrate for a full race distance