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Mercedes GP Barcelona test notes day three

Track Circuit de Catalunya Driver Nico Rosberg No of Laps 128 laps Best Lap Time 1:20.686 Kilometres Covered 596 kms Track Length 4.655 kms Weather ...

Edited: Mar 1, 2010, 1:43 AM

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Track                           Circuit de Catalunya

Driver                 Nico Rosberg
No of Laps                      128 laps

Best Lap Time          1:20.686

Kilometres Covered     596 kms

Track Length           4.655 kms
Weather                         Overcast with intermittent rain showers

Ambient Temperature    Maximum 14C

Track Temperature              Maximum 16C

Nico Rosberg completed the third day of testing for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today to bring his pre-season testing programme to its conclusion.

Nico spent the morning working on qualifying simulations and developing the car set-up before completing a race simulation exercise in the afternoon. Despite intermittent rain showers in the late morning and early afternoon, Nico was able to complete almost 600kms over 128 laps as he set the fastest time of the day, a 1:20.686, during the driest period this morning.

Michael Schumacher will take over the MGP W01 tomorrow for the fourth and final day of the test.

Nico Rosberg: "We had a good day today and made some significant progress in terms of set-up which was nice to see. We hadn't got the most out of the car in terms of performance over the last couple of days, but we made a step in the right direction today. We went through some big changes this morning step by step and found some good improvements. The longer runs this afternoon were interesting. We learnt a lot as there were other cars running similar programmes at the same time so we were able to do some comparisons. There is still plenty of room to improve but overall we're looking in pretty good shape."

-source: mercedes gp

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