Jerez test - day three: 10 December.
McLaren-Merဣcedes driver Pedro de la Rosa was quickest today [Wednesday] at Jerez, as the teams present finally managed to get in some dry running.
The Spaniardꦺ completed 72 laps in to෴tal in the new 2004 McLaren - the MP4-19, his best a 1 minute 17.153 seconds.
Fernando Alonso was next up in second, the only other driver to break the 1m 17s barrier, while Juan Pa🌼blo Montoya completed the top three.
McLaren-Mercedes driver Pedro de la Rosa was quickest today [Wednesday] at Je🌜rez, as the teams present finally managed to get in s🍒ome dry running.
The Spaniard completed 72 laps in total in the new 2004 McLaren - the❀ MP4-19, his best a 1 minute 17.153 secon♔ds.
Fernando Alonso was next up﷽ in second, the only other driver to break the 1m 17s barrier, while Juan Pablo Montoya completed the top three.
Ferrari duo Luca Baoder and Rubens Barrichell🀅o were fourth and sixth respectively, sandwiching the BAR of Jenson Button. The ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚScuderia completed 134 laps, focusing on tyre and engine testing.
Mark Webber meanwhile was seventh, the #1 Jaguar driver, eig♍ht tenths up on his new team-mate, Christian Klien, who was eleventh, while Alexander Wurz came in eighth, running in the MP4-17D.
Toyota's Olivier Panis and Williams 'third driver' Marc Gen🅺e completed the top ten.
In total ༺16 cars were on track - Satoshi Motoyama, Felipe Massa, Bjorn Wirdheim, Cristiano da Matta and Franck Montagny filling spots 12 to 16.
Testing continues at Jerez tomorrow [Thursday].
Leading times (10 December) - Jerez:
1. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1m 17.153s 72 laps M
2. Fernando Alonso Renault-Renault 1m 17.837s 94 laps M
3. Juan Montoya Williams-BMW 1m 18.198s 73 laps M
4. Luca Badoer Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 18.511s 72 laps B
5. Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1m 18.538s 90 laps M
6. Rubens Barrichello Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 19.015s 62 laps B
7. Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1m 19.046s 82 laps M
8. Alexander Wurz McLaren-Mercedes 1m 19.462s 42 laps M
9. Olivier Panis Toyota-Toyota 1m 19.587s 53 laps M
10. Marc Gene Williams-BMW 1m 19.626s 103 laps M
11. Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1m 19.811s 89 laps M
12. Satoshi Motoyama Renault-Renault 1m 19.996s 67 laps M
13. Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1m 21.143s 85 laps B
14. Bjorn Wirdheim BAR-Honda 1m 21.313s 77 laps
15. Cristiano da Matta Toyota-Toyota 1m 21.478s 28 laps M
16. Franck Montagny Renault-Renault 1m 27.541s 6 laps M
M - denotes Michelin tyres
B - denotes Bridgestone tyres
Weather / track conditions: Sunny.