Development of FW27 continues at Valencia

Day three of the BMW WilliamsF1 team test at the Circuit de la Valencia Ricardo Tormo would see Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld continue to work through their development schedule for the FW27.

In ideal conditions both drivers would continue to put more kilometres on the new car with Mark completing a full race simulation, without any problems, completing seventy one laps with a best lap time of 1m:11.118. Nick would spend his day focusing on various chassis and aerodynamic set-ups, as well as tyre testing for Michelin. He would complete 101 laps with a best time of 1m:10.499.

WilliamsF1 Test Team Manager Tim Newton commented on the days testing by saying: "We’ve put considerable mileage on the FW27 on our penultimate day at Valencia. Mark spent the morning completing longer runs while carrying out systems checks, but his progress was sporadically interrupted by red flags. Nick suffered from technical problems which delayed his morning running but managed to catch up in the afternoon by clocking up 101 laps of tyre testing as well as performing aerodynamic evaluations.”

Driver Team Best Laps Tyres

K Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes 1:09.005 113 / 117 M
A Wurz McLaren Mercedes 1:09.946 69 / 134 M
J Trulli Toyota Racing 1:10.198 65 / 99 M
F Alonso RenaultF1 Team 1:10.306 51 / 62 M
T Sato BAR Honda 1:10.465 31 / 146 M
N Heidfeld BMW WilliamsF1 Team 1:10.499 3 / 101 M
G Fisichella RenaultF1 Team 1:10.507 11 / 82 M
M Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari 1:10.890 25 / 50 B
M Webber BMW WilliamsF1 Team 1:11.118 4 / 71 M
R Barrichello Scuderia Ferrari 1:11.137 8 / 47 B
J Button BAR Honda 1:11.557 49 / 115 M
R Schumacher Toyota Racing 1:11.577 42 / 47 M
A Carrol BAR Honda 1:12.672 63 / 71 M