Date: Friday 9th December 2005
Location Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Drivers: Alex Wurz and Pedro de la Rosa
Weather: Sunny and dry
Track temperature high of 27.8 degrees Celsius
Air temperature high of 21.4 degrees Celsius
Laps run: 160
Kilometres covered: Alex Wurz approx. 345km
Pedro de la Rosa approx. 360km
Best lap time of the day: Pedro de la Rosa, Team McLaren Mercedes, 1m17.293
Duration of test: Four days (7th-10th December)
Team McLaren Mercedes completed a productive day of testing at the Circuito de Jerez, with Pedro de la Rosa topping the timesheets with a 1m17.293.
With less interruptions to running from red flags, both Pedro and Alex completed their planned programme for the third day of the test, with the Spaniard covering 82 laps in a MP4-20 fitted with a V10 engine. Pedro's work focused on tyre comparisons with Michelin.
Fellow test driver Alex Wurz put in 78 laps of the circuit an the interim MP4-20B V8, and was tenth fastest, with a time of 1m20.107. The Austrian was working on engine and set-up development programmes.
Both Pedro and Alex will be present for the final day of the test tomorrow in Jerez.
Unofficial times:
Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes - V10 1m17.293 82
2 Marc Gene Scuderia Ferrari V8 1m17.992 80
3 Nico Rosberg Williams F1 V8 1m19.166 37
4 Jenson Button Honda Racing V10 1m19.371 123
5 Mark Webber Williams F1 V8 1m19.666 56
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota V8 1m19.674 81
7 Ricardo Zonta Toyota V8 1m19.863 73
8 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber V8 1m19.866 88
9 Tiago Monteiro MF1 Racing V8 1m19.938 72
10 Alex Wurz Team McLaren Mercedes V8 1m20.107 78
11 Anthony Davidson Honda Racing V10 1m20.112 102
12 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing V10 1m21.112 106
13 Christijan Albers MF1 Racing V8 1m22.154 65
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