DAY TWO

Date     Thursday 11 February  Track    Circuito de Jerez Driver   Michael Schumacher  

No of Laps   124 laps   Best Lap Time  01:21.083  Kilometres Covered 549 km  Track Length  4.428 km 

Weather    Fine  Ambient Temperature Maximum 18°C Track Temperature  Maximum 23°C 

Michael Schumacher joined the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team in Jerez Thursday forthe second day of this week's four-day test. After Wednesday's downpours,the weather stayed dry throughout the day enabling the team to complete acomprehensive test programme with the MGP W01 car.

Michael spent the morning evaluating the different tyre compounds providedby Bridgestone alongside some chassis set-up work, before working through arace simulation programme in the afternoon. Michael completed 124 laps todaymaking the most of the available dry track time.

Nico Rosberg will be back in the car today for the third day of the test.

Michael Schumacher: "I am very happy with how the day went today even if wecould not finish our schedule completely due to red flags. However I managedto complete a lot of laps which is very precious to me. A new car, a newteam and new conditions, therefore our first goal has to be to make the carreliable. Days like today help massively in that respect, especially as theweather forecast for the next few days isn't looking quite so rosy. I feltvery comfortable driving the car and it was good fun today."