Pizzonia sets new lap record at Valencia


By Andrew Hooper
January 30 2004

 

 

  
Valencia Test 29:01:2004 Final Day
 
For the BMW WilliamsF1 team the final day of testing would see a day in which Antonio Pizzonia would again show his impressive form, after the disappointments during his time with Jaguar, when he would set a new track record at the Valencia circuit. He would beat fellow WilliamsF1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya's record by almost two tenths of a second, mind you he was driving the 2003 FW25.

PizzoniaThe only disappointment of the day was when Ralf Schumacher had to leave the circuit complaining of stomach pains. This would leave just Pizzonia and Gene to carry out the days testing. Ralf was taken to Salzburg Hospital for a check-up. He spoke of the situation regarding him leaving the circuit. He said: "The car felt great yesterday, as demonstrated by Juan Pablo's lap record, and I thoroughly enjoyed driving it. Today, set-up and tyre evaluations were on my schedule but, due to these abdominal pains, I could not take part.”

Pizzonia, driving last year's Williams FW25, would set the fastest time of the day, with a time of 1m:09.165 completing sixty three laps. Antonio would spend the day working on setups. He would be three tenths quicker than Ferrari's Michael Schumacher who was second.

Marc would complete a race simulation, covering eighty seven laps, with a best time of 1m:10.440. The team will continue their testing at Barcelona commencing next Monday.

 

Pos Driver Team-Engine Tyres Time Laps

1. Pizzonia WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:09.165 63
2. M. Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:09.414 86
3. Gene WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:10.440 87
4. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:10.466 93
5. Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:10.473 72
6. da Matta Toyota (M) 1:11.319 81
7. Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:11.443 102
8. Davidson BAR-Honda (M) 1:11.712 94
9. Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:12.306 104
 
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