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McLaren Barcelona test notes 2006-04-13

Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya took to the track today at the Circuit de Catalunya for the second of the three day test for Team McLaren Mercedes this week. The drivers, both behind the wheel of a MP4-21, were joined on track by 16 other ...

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Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya took to the track today at the Circuit de Catalunya for the second of the three day test for Team McLaren Mercedes this week.

The drivers, both behind the wheel of a MP4-21, were joined on track by 16 other drivers with 10 of the 11 teams choosing to test at the circuit which will be host to the Spanish Grand Prix in one month's time. As with yesterday, congestion on track led to a number of red flag incidents, with a total of nine stoppages interrupting today's running.

Both drivers were concentrating on evaluating the prime and option Michelin tyre selection for the Spanish Grand Prix whilst continuing with the set-up work carried out yesterday.

Kimi completed a total of 92 laps and 426km throughout the day, setting the fifth fastest time overall with his lap of 1m14.996. Juan Pablo's day saw him set a lap time of 1m15.689 which was 14th fastest on the timesheets. He completed a total of 104 laps which equals 481km.

Both drivers will be back out on track for the final day of testing tomorrow.

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