Second day at Jerez testing. Kubica on good shape

By BMW Sauber F1 Team
October 12 2006

The priority today was to use Chassis 06 as much as possible and Robert Kubica continued with the transmission development work. He also did some set-up work and ran the Interlagos tyres, which was to confirm the team’s decision on the compounds they had already chosen to take to the Brazilian GP

October 11th –  October 13th  2006 Day two  –  Thursday

Weather conditions: sunny and dry, air 18 - 30°C, track 18 - 41°C

Number of cars participating: 10 (with 9 drivers)

Fastest lap overall:   1:15.692 min, Michael Schumacher, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, Bridgestone

Robert Kubica:   Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.06-06 / BMW P86 V8 BMW Sauber F1.06.07/ BMW P86 V8

Test kilometres today : 442 (100 laps). Chassis 06 73 laps. Chassis 07 27 laps.

Fastest lap : 1 :17.012 (Chassis 06)

Programme: The priority today was to use Chassis 06 as much as possible and Robert Kubica continued with the transmission development work.

He also did some set-up work and ran the Interlagos tyres, which was to confirm the team’s decision on the compounds they had already chosen to take to the Brazilian Grand Prix.

He did longer runs in the afternoon and also completed damper testing. The preparation for the Brazilian race went well with the team happy with the outcome. The work with Chassis 07 was systems and starts in the morning and brake materials in the afternoon.

What comes next: Originally the plan was for Robert to finish his work today and for Nick Heidfeld to be the only driver tomorrow. However, as this will be the final test for quite a long time, it has been decided that Robert will now stay on and join Nick, so both cars can be run all day.

The work for the final day of the test will be to complete the various programmes that have been running over the past two days.