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McLaren Mercedes Barcelona test summary

Driver:Heikki Kovalainen Location:Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona Track Length:4.655km Weather:Rain throughout the day: Track temperature, 28C / Ambient temperature, 16C Laps Run:Total - 34 Kilometres Covered:158km Best Lap Time:1m23.589 at ...

Published: Apr 18, 2008, 9:35 PM

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Driver:Heikki Kovalainen Location:Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona Track Length:4.655km

Weather:Rain throughout the day: Track temperature, 28C / Ambient temperature, 16C

Laps Run:Total - 34 Kilometres Covered:158km Best Lap Time:1m23.589 at 17:15

Programme: Heikki joined the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes test team for the final session of the intensive four day test. Rain began to fall minutes before the start of morning running and continued for much of the day. A short let-up after lunch saw Heikki take to the track for 40 minutes before a thunderstorm arrived at the Circuit de Catalunya, followed by hailstones. When this cleared, the team carried on testing between the showers with very little running in the dry.

Total Laps Run at Test:
Total - 336
Lewis - 199
Heikki - 34
Pedro - 103

Kilometres Covered at Test:
Total - 1,563km approx
Lewis - 926km approx
Heikki - 158km approx
Pedro - 479km approx

Next Test: Paul Ricard (Wednesday 14th - Friday 16th May)

-credit: mclaren

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