WilliamsF1 Silverstone Test day One
By Andrew Hooper
September 17 2003
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Italian Grand Prix just one day behind them the BMW WilliamsF1 team moved to
Silverstone for a three day test programme. Present at the test were Juan
Pablo Montoya and regular test driver Marc Gene.
WilliamsF1 Test Team Manager Tim Newton commented on the days testing: "We had a successful session today with Juan Pablo and Marc undertaking testing duties for us under glorious skies at Silverstone. Through the course of the day, we concentrated on testing brake and suspension components as well as performing some tyre testing work with Michelin. We managed to cover over 800 kilometres of running which has provided us with some invaluable information for the last two races of the year.“ |
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Pos Driver Team Tyres Best Time Laps 1 Juan Pablo
Montoya BMW Williams (M) 1.20.059 73 |
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The
test is in preparation for the United States Grand Prix, penultimate round
of the 2003 FIA Formula One World Championship. During the morning Juan
focused on set up work on his BMW Williams FW25. The afternoon was set aside
for tyre testing with the team evaluating which specification of Michelin
tyres will be taken to Indianapolis.
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