Rosberg fastest on day two of Valencia Test
Nico Rosberg
By Andrew Hooper
February 16 2006
It would again be a WilliamsF1 driver who would fastest on day two of Valencia Test with Nico Rosberg topping the times. Mark Webber would drop down the times to be sixth, after been fastest the previous day. Both drivers would focus on longer runs testing tyres for Bridgestone.
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On a clear day the WilliamsF1 team would continue their Valencia test with Nico Rosberg taking over from Alex Wurz. At the end of the day it would again be a WilliamsF1 FW28 that was at the top of the times, courtesy of Nico Rosberg.
WilliamsF1 Technical Director
Sam Michael commented on the days testing by saying: "Today Nico and Mark were
driving in Valencia. It was a good day for testing with an air temperature
of 21°C and track temperature of 28°C. This puts us close to some of the
early GP's in terms of getting the tyre compounds in the correct window for
Bridgestone. Nico spent the day on long runs for reliability and testing
tyres. Mark was testing some new brake components that are interesting.
Unfortunately he had to stop earlier than planned. |
Pos Driver Team Best Time Total Laps 1 N Rosberg WilliamsF1 1:10.994 42/112 2 K Raikkonen McLaren 1:11.190 16/17 3 H Kovalainen Renault 1:11.362 105/116 4 G Fisichella Renault 1:11.443 82/84 5 C Klien Red Bull 1:11.544 53/63 6 M Webber WilliamsF1 1:11.584 29/33 7 JP Montoya McLaren 1:12.462 79/85 8 C Albers MF1 1:12.916 36/63 9 D Coulthard Red Bull 1:13.585 12/14 10 R Doornbos Red Bull 1:14.643 13/28 11 G Mondini MF1 1:14.646 80/84 |
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Nico
would set a time of 1m:10.994 as he completed a race simulation for the team
while he worked on testing tyre compounds for tyre supplier Bridgestone.
This was despite feeling unwell during the day. Nico would also continue
work on the teams new seamless
gearbox that the team are developing.