WilliamsF1 continues testing at Barcelona

On a sunny but windy day the three WilliamsF1 drivers would finish with the in fourth, sixth and seventh fastest times. Ralf would head Marc Gene in the FW25 car and Juan Pablo.

Ralf would continue to focus on various setups for the FW26. In the afternoon he would switch to tyre testing for Michelin. Schumacher continued working on mechanical set ups for the WilliamsF1 BMW FW26 before switching to tyre evaluations in the afternoon. Ralf would complete sixty three, setting a fastest time of 1m:15.736.

For Juan Pablo his day would see him work on race simulations, completing ninety six laps without any issues. His fastest la time was a 1m:16.251. Marc Gené would carry out a number of practice starts. He would complete forty six laps to be just behind Ralf.

WilliamsF1 Chief Operations Engineer Sam Michael commented on the days testing: “Today Juan Pablo successfully performed a race simulation distance while Ralf spent the day working on mechanical set up. Marc drove the FW25A in the afternoon to work on driveability items - all of which he completed successfully. Tomorrow, Juan Pablo and Marc will be running the FW26s while Nico Rosberg will return to the cockpit of the FW25A.”

As for the other teams it would be BAR's Jenson Button who would be the first driver to lap the circuit in less than one minute and 15 seconds when he broke the track record. His time of 1:14.607 was more than four tenths quicker than the previous time set by Ralf Schumacher.

The Barcelona test concludes tomorrow.

Pos Driver Team-Engine Tyres Time Laps

1. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:14.607 85
2. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:15.410 95
3. Alonso Renault (M) 1:15.506 102
4. R. Schumacher WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:15.736 63
5. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:15.767 86
6. Gene WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:15.820 46
7. Montoya WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:16.251 96
8. Panis Toyota (M) 1:16.507 98
9. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:16.529 66
10. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:16.560 90
11. Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:17.173 144
12. Montagny Renault (M) 1:17.447 130
13. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:17.530 49
14. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:18.029 46
15. Briscoe Toyota (M) 1:18.106 62
16. Glock Jordan-Ford (B) 1:18.236 36