Mercedes Jerez test II notes day three

Track                           Circuito de Jerez

Driver                 Michael Schumacher

No of Laps                      79 laps

Best Lap Time          1:21.437

Kilometres Covered     349kms

Track Length           4.428kms

Weather                         Mainly dry and slightly cloudy

Ambient Temperature    Maximum 16C

Track Temperature              Maximum 25C

The third day of this week's test in Jerez finally saw a break in the weather conditions and enabled Michael Schumacher to achieve some valuable dry running for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team.

After torrential downpours on Thursday night, the skies thankfully cleared today to enable the use of slick tyres for the majority of the day once the damp track had dried early this morning. Michael's programme focused on developing the set-up of the MGP W01 and evaluating various changes over longer runs. The team had a positive day with Michael completing 79 laps with a quickest lap time of 1.21.437.

Nico Rosberg will take over the car tomorrow for the fourth and final day of this week's test.

Michael Schumacher: "Today was a nice end to my testing days in Jerez this week and it was great to finally have some consistent dry running. We are on schedule with our programme but at the same time, we are well aware that there is still a lot of work ahead of us. The final test in Barcelona next week will be an important test in this respect and will give us valuable information about the performance of the car."

-source: mercedes