Webber fastest on opening day of Barcelona Test


Mark Webber
By Andrew Hooper
February 22 2006

WilliamsF1 driver Mark Webber would finish fastest on the opening day of the teams four day Barcelona Test. On a day that would see it dry in the morning and wet in the afternoon Mark was able to set his time early in the day. Nico's time was set in the wet of the afternoon, seeing his slowest.

 
Barcelona Test Test 21:02:200 Day One
 

The WilliamsF1 team would take to the test track this time at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain for a four day test, as the teams prepares their 2006 challenger the FW28 for the opening race in Bahrain.

RosbergOn a day that would see it dry in the morning but raining in the afternoon team drivers Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg would take to the track. The afternoon rain would limit the drivers track time but at the end of the day it would be Mark who would set the quickest time with a lap of 1m:17.676, completing only forty five laps..

There were several red flag incidents during the day one of these caused by Mark whose car would stop out on the circuit during the afternoon session.

Team-mate Nico Rosberg would complete just sixteen laps setting  a time in the afternoon session of 1m:37.198 to be the slowest driver. The morning session would see Nico practising starts. Nico would also bring out the red flag when his Cosworth engine failed out on the circuit.
  
Pos Driver 	Team 		Best Time  Total Laps
1   M Webber	WilliamsF1 (B)	1:17.676   35 / 43
2   K Raikkonen	McLaren (M)	1:17.789   38 / 59
3   R Doornbos	Red Bull (M)	1:18.433   41 / 45
4   T Monteiro	MF1 (B)		1:18.709   32 / 60
5   J P Montoya	McLaren (M)	1:18.883   9 / 22
6   T Sato	Super Aguri (B)	1:30.221   3 / 8
7   N Rosberg	WilliamsF1 (B)	1:37.198   15 / 16