WilliamsF1 continues Jerez Test


By Andrew Hooper
January 8 2003

 

 

  
Jerez Test 07:01:2003 Day Two of Four
 
For the BMW WilliamsF1 team their 2003 preparations at the Jerez circuit would see their second day of testing affected by wet weather. Again it was down to Marc Gene and Ralf Schumacher to conduct the testing, and both had to make the most of the variable conditions. WilliamsF1 were joined by Ferrari.

Ralf SchumacherThe early part of the day would see the team take the opportunity for Marc and Ralf to test their new Michelin tyres in wet weather conditions. But as the day progressed the sun would come out allowing for some dry weather running.

For Ralf Schumacher, whose day would focus on tyre testing in the afternoon, he would finish with the second fastest time of the day behind Ferrari's Luca Badoer, with a time of 1m:21.029 minutes on the forty second lap. Ralf would complete seventy nine laps.

For team-mate Gene he would focus on set-up work on the FW24 chassis, while putting more miles on the new P83 BMW engine. Marc would set a best time of 1m:22.251after completing fifty seven laps.

For BMW WilliamsF1 Test Team Manager Tim Newton he would comment on the day by saying: "We were expecting heavy rain today but conditions fluctuated between dry and wet, with the track taking longer than expected to dry out. We continued to work through our testing agenda of chassis work, brakes and tyre work with Michelin."

On Wednesday the BMW WilliamsF1 Team will continue.

The other team present was Ferrari and test driver Luca Badoer would set the fastest time with a lap of 1m:20.871. He was joined by Luciano Burti, with both drivers conducting tyre testing for Bridgestone and some new electronic components set to be used in the F2003.
 

Pos. Driver Car/Engine Time Laps

1. L Badoer Ferrari 1:20.903 43/60
2. R Schumacher WilliamsF1 BMW 1:21.029 42/80
3. L Burti Ferrari 1:21.051 49/60
4. M Gené WilliamsF1 BMW 1:22.251 54/57
 
 
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