Jerez Day 7
By Nick Sparkes
December 14 2005
On the seventh day of testing in Jerez, Frank Montagny in his 2005 spec Renault set the pace using a V10 engine (whats new there?). But behind was the surprise of the day, Narain Karthikeyan set the second fastest time, a second clear of his teammate Mark Webber and was the fastest V8 overall.
Narain is set to be confirmed as Williams’ Friday tester next season, and after his performance today, I wouldn’t be too surprised if an announcement is made in the fore coming month.
Elsewhere Ferrari’s Felipe Massa concentrated on Bridgestone tyres and was third fastest with a detuned Ferrari V10, whilst the second of the V8’s was that of Toyota’s Ricardo Zonta in fourth, with Renault tester Heikki Kovalainen just behind.
Toyota also ran a car for Oliver Panis and Franck Perera who shared a TF106, yet set the slowest times of the day.
| 1 | F. Montagny | Renault |  |
01:18.804 | 97 |
| 2 | N. Karthikeyan | Williams |  |
01:19.171 | 37 |
| 3 | F. Massa | Ferrari | |
01:19.264 | 68 |
| 4 | R. Zonta | Toyota | |
01:19.521 | 75 |
| 5 | H. Kovalainen | Renault | |
01:19.626 | 104 |
| 6 | M. Webber | Williams | |
01:20.105 | 46 |
| 7 | A. Davidson | BAR | |
01:20.133 | 93 |
| 8 | JP. Montoya | McLaren | |
01:20.216 | 39 |
| 9 | N. Heidfeld | Sauber | |
01:20.325 | 84 |
| 10 | P. de la Rosa | McLaren | |
01:20.885 | 84 |
| 11 | A. Carroll | BAR | |
01:21.555 | 85 |
| 12 | O. Panis | Toyota | |
01:21.556 | 32 |