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Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher responded on Friday to Felipe Massa’s swift Thursday pace for Ferrari, as this week’s four-day test continued in Jerez. Even with a delay of one year, Michael Schumacher experienced again the sensation of being to the top. Even if the first place, came in an one day test development, it has more importance for psychological reasons. The seven-time world champion voted first on the second of the four days testing at Jerez the circuit in Spain, stopping the clocks at 1.20.532! "It was obviously a fruitful day, which makes me very happy. We focused on long runs and the fact that we managed to cover so many laps is positive in terms of reliability. At the same time we gathered many useful data for the following test days and on upgrades in which we worked. We are making steps forward, as we should also do at this time.We must keep pushing, "said 42 year-old. Schumacher covered 112 laps, a number which leads to 496 km! Distance equivalent to almost two Grand Prix! As r it was evealed by Mercedes, the W02 was equip with the system of KERS, with Schumacher still trying to familiarize with the kinetic energy recovery system and the tires of Pirelli. In the morning he was coming out on the track by making small stint, performing mainly controls of the systems in his silver arrow. Then he worked on the layout of the W02 and after the evaluation of the middle and the very soft rubber tires.
Jenson Button finished third behind Massa as he sampled the new McLaren, the MP4-26, for the first time, whilst Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari took fourth slot after covering 72 laps in the STR6. Alguersuari’s programme featured three key elements - tyre evaluation, weight distribution and set-up work. His team mate Sebastien Buemi will take charge of the car on Saturday.
“The important thing is that we are making progress every time I go out of the garage. In performance terms, it is still a bit too early to start drawing conclusions, especially as the lap times here vary a lot from the morning to the afternoon, but I am reasonably confident that this side of the car’s progress is on the right track.”
Some pictures from F1 Jerez(Spain) test Day 2!! Enjoy!!
Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher responded on Friday to Felipe Massa’s swift Thursday pace for Ferrari, as this week’s four-day test continued in Jerez. Even with a delay of one year, Michael Schumacher experienced again the sensation of being to the top. Even if the first place, came in an one day test development, it has more importance for psychological reasons. The seven-time world champion voted first on the second of the four days testing at Jerez the circuit in Spain, stopping the clocks at 1.20.532! "It was obviously a fruitful day, which makes me very happy. We focused on long runs and the fact that we managed to cover so many laps is positive in terms of reliability. At the same time we gathered many useful data for the following test days and on upgrades in which we worked. We are making steps forward, as we should also do at this time.We must keep pushing, "said 42 year-old. Schumacher covered 112 laps, a number which leads to 496 km! Distance equivalent to almost two Grand Prix! As r it was evealed by Mercedes, the W02 was equip with the system of KERS, with Schumacher still trying to familiarize with the kinetic energy recovery system and the tires of Pirelli. In the morning he was coming out on the track by making small stint, performing mainly controls of the systems in his silver arrow. Then he worked on the layout of the W02 and after the evaluation of the middle and the very soft rubber tires.
Jenson Button finished third behind Massa as he sampled the new McLaren, the MP4-26, for the first time, whilst Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari took fourth slot after covering 72 laps in the STR6. Alguersuari’s programme featured three key elements - tyre evaluation, weight distribution and set-up work. His team mate Sebastien Buemi will take charge of the car on Saturday.
Red Bull’s Mark Webber finished in fifth, ahead of Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Sauber’s Sergio Perez.
1. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, 1:20.352
2. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:20.413
3. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:21.009
4. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:21.214
5. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:21.613
6. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:21.780
7. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:21.857
8. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:22.208
9. Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:22.493
10. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:22.591
11. Jarno Trulli, Lotus, 1:23.216
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