Karthikeyan tests again for WilliamsF1
By Andrew HOoper
December 15 2005
| Jerez Test 14:12:2005 Day One |
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For the WilliamsF1 team it was another round of testing at the Jerez circuit with Mark Webber been joined by Narain Karthikeyan. This would be the second appearance of Narain with the team as we await the announcement as to who will be the teams third driver.
In an interview for Autosport Mark commented on the days testing by saying: "We need more time on the gearbox and on the engine. In fact this test is slightly better than expected but we lost a bit of time with the transmission today and it was so cold in the afternoon, we could not do any tyre programme. Hopefully we can develop more January." |
Driver Team Time Best Lap/Laps 1 F Montagny Renault (M) * 1:18.808 52/97 2 N Karthikeyan WilliamsF1 (B) 1:19.170 26/38 3 F Massa Ferrari (B) * 1:19.257 12/67 4 R Zonta Toyota (B) 1:19.527 35/78 5 M Webber WilliamsF1 (B) 1:19.529 43/48 6 H Kovalainen Renault (M) * 1:19.628 71/105 7 A Davidson Honda (M) 1:20.144 72/93 8 J P Montoya McLaren (M) 1:20.211 35/36 9 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber (M) 1:20.329 28/71 10 P de la Rosa McLaren (M) 1:20.878 19/86 11 A Carroll Honda (M) 1:21.563 62/83 12 F Perera Toyota (B) 1:21.564 16/19 13 O Panis Toyota (B) 1:21.683 7/13 * Denotes V10 |
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At
the end of the day Narain was quickest of the V8 runners finishing in
second. He would set a time of 1m:19.170 to be almost a second ahead of
Mark. But Mark's day of testing was hampered by gearbox problems that did
not see him complete as make track time as Narain. Mark would finish in
fifth with a time of 1m:19.529.