Jerez Day 3: Nick sets the pace

By BMW Sauber F1 Team
February 8 2007

Nick Heidfeld tested with Timo Glock today in bad weather conidtions at Jerez. Both drivers set promising times, with Nick finishing the day at the top of the time sheets whilst Timo was 3rd fastest.

Test in Jerez 6th February - 8th February 2007

Day three - Thursday

Programme:
Due to bad weather conditions and in view of the limited testing mileage, the team decided to stop testing at mid-day. Timo, who had his first proper run in the F1.07 started the day making starts on extreme weather tyres. He then changed to standard wet tyres and worked on a baseline set-up. Systems and diagnostics checks were also on his programme. Nick also tested the extreme weather tyres before switching to standard wet tyres. He worked on the fine tuning of the traction control and also made some diagnostics checks.

Nick Heidfeld:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.07-02 / BMW P86/7 V8
Test kilometres today: 156 km (34 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:29.497 min (lap 32)

Timo Glock:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.07-01 / BMW P86/7 V8
Test kilometres today: 120 km (27 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:30.211 min (lap 21)

Weather conditions: Rainy most of the day
Temperatures: Air: 14/17°C, Track: 14/18°C

Number of cars participating: 14

What comes next:
The BMW Sauber F1 Team will be testing in Barcelona from February 12 to 14.