BMWSauberF1 Team had 2 cars in Barca today!

By Mike Liberty
February 14 2006

Nick will take over the car from Robert tomorrow, to prepare for a simulation race run (probably with full on pit stops!) on Thursday. JV's just testing the parts and tires.

Test in Barcelona. February 14th – 16th 2006

Day one – Tuesday Weather conditions: Sunny, Air: 5-17°C, track: 5-20°C

Number of cars participating: 2

Fastest lap overall: 1:17.514 min (lap 17), Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber F1 Team, Michelin

Jacques Villeneuve: Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.06-03 / BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 185 km (40 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:17.514 min (lap 17)
Programme: Today, Jacques ran with the team a damper test and in addition to that he worked on an evaluation of several new components.

Robert Kubica: Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.06-02 / BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 407 km (88 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:17.551 min (lap 68)
Programme: Robert used the test day to work on the set-up of the car.

What comes next: Tomorrow Nick will take over the driving from Robert and will do set-up work in preparation for the race simulation on Thursday. Jacques will continue to assess dampers and will help Michelin to evaluate tyres.