Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett Weather: Dry with some sunny spells Track temperature: high of 24.0 degrees Celsius Air temperature: high of 22.9 degrees Celsius Laps run: 240 Kilometres covered: Pedro de la Rosa – MP4-21 – approx. 645kmGary Paffett – MP4-20 – approx. 270km Best lap time of the day: Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, 1m04.466 Duration of test: Four days (21st – 24th March)
With improved weather conditions from Tuesday's session, Team McLaren Mercedes completed a full day of testing at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track yesterday, with both Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett in action at the French circuit. The track will be in the 3E SC configuration for the remainder of the week, which is 3.8km in length.
Pedro continued his programme with the MP4-21. After completing the shakedown of the team's latest chassis yesterday, the Spaniard's work focused on putting more mileage on the car, which was running with some development components which are scheduled to make their race debut in Melbourne. Pedro's day was formed of a series of short-medium length runs, as he completed Michelin tyre programmes in preparation for the Imola race.
Covering 645km over the course of 169 laps, Pedro set the second fastest time of the day, with a 1m04.866.
Gary began his Michelin development programme, having had to remain in the garage Tuesday due to the wet weather conditions. Gary was focusing on the selection process for the forthcoming Australian and San Marino Grands Prix. He put in over 270km during the eight hour session, and ended the day in fourth position on the timesheets with a 1m05.874.
Pedro and Gary will both be present for day three of the four day test today at Paul Ricard.
Driver - Constructor - Time - Laps
Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1m04.466 161 Pedro de la Rosa Team McLaren Mercedes 1m04.866 169 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m04.970 144 Gary Paffett Team McLaren Mercedes 1m05.874 71 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1m06.311 79 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1m07.060 40