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Mercedes Pirelli test report day 1
Date Friday 19 November 2010 Track Yas Marina Circuit Driver Nico Rosberg No of Laps 81 laps Best Lap Time 1:41.788 Kilometres Covered 450 ...
Published: Nov 23, 2010, 10:42 PM
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Date Friday 19 November 2010
Track Yas Marina Circuit
Driver Nico Rosberg
No of Laps 81 laps
Best Lap Time 1:41.788
Kilometres Covered 450 kms
Track Length 5.554 kms
Weather Hot and sunny
Preparations for the 2011 season with new Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli got underway at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi today with Nico Rosberg as the first of the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS drivers to evaluate the new tyres.
Nico's programme for today was to complete an initial performance evaluation to various set-up parameters with the two tyre compounds provided by Pirelli, the medium and soft, which was successfully completed over 81 laps.
Michael Schumacher will drive tomorrow for the second and final day of the test.
Nico Rosberg: "As a team, and particularly the engineers, we did a really good job to be well prepared for this week's Pirelli test with the work back at the factory and the support here at the track proving invaluable. That really helps once you get the tyres on and we were able to focus precisely on the set-up direction and have found various improvements. It's a good start however there is obviously still some way to go before we get the best out of the tyres."
Ross Brawn: "Today has been very important for the team to start building our relationship with Pirelli. Whilst a lot of details remain to be understood, we feel that we have gained an initial understanding of the operational requirements of the two compounds that we have and have highlighted some important areas for investigation and improvement. We have been lucky to have been able to get exposure to the Pirelli tyres at a track with which we are now very familiar and in conditions that we will not experience again until the final test of the season in Bahrain. Michael watched today's proceedings with great interest and is looking forward to experiencing the tyres for himself tomorrow."
-source: mercedes
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