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McLaren Paul Ricard test notes 2005-03-23
Team McLaren Mercedes began a three day test at the Paul Ricard circuit in France today with both Alex Wurz and Pedro de la Rosa behind the wheel of MP4-19Bs. The focus of this week's test is on tyres, with Alex's programme today concentrating on ...
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Team McLaren Mercedes began a three day test at the Paul Ricard circuit in France today with both Alex Wurz and Pedro de la Rosa behind the wheel of MP4-19Bs.
The focus of this week's test is on tyres, with Alex's programme today concentrating on finalising the Michelin tyres the team will use at the forthcoming Bahrain Grand Prix.
Pedro meanwhile was focusing on tyre testing for the first European race of the season, the San Marino Grand Prix, and he completed his planned programme without any problems.
Pedro completed 129 laps of the circuit with a fastest time of 1m04.305s, while Alex completed 117 laps with a fastest time of 1m04.613s.
Alex Wurz :
"Today was a productive day in which I completed 117 laps. We have to confirm our tyre choices for the Bahrain race today and we completed the planned programme without any issues."
Pedro de la Rosa:
"Whilst Alex was concentrating on Bahrain, I was focusing on the San Marino Grand Prix, which marks a return for Formula One to Europe. The test was very productive today without any problems and I am looking forward to continuing the programme tomorrow alongside Alex."
Alex and Pedro will both continue the team's testing programme tomorrow, focusing on tyre choice for the San Marino Grand Prix.
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