DAY THREE

Date Friday 19 February 2010

Track Circuito de Jerez

Driver Michael Schumacher 

No of Laps 79 laps

Best Lap Time 1:21.437

Kilometres Covered 349kms

Track Length 4.428kms 

Weather Mainly dry and slightly cloudy Ambient Temperature Maximum 16°C

Track Temperature Maximum 25°C  

The third day of this week's test in Jerez finally saw a break in theweather conditions and enabled Michael Schumacher to achieve some valuabledry running for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team. After torrential downpours on Thursday night, the skies thankfully clearedtoday to enable the use of slick tyres for the majority of the day once thedamp track had dried early this morning. Michael's programme focused ondeveloping the set-up of the MGP W01 and evaluating various changes overlonger runs.

The team had a positive day with Michael completing 79 lapswith a quickest lap time of 1.21.437. Nico Rosberg will take over the car tomorrow for the fourth and final day ofthis week's test.

Michael Schumacher: "Today was a nice end to my testing days in Jerez thisweek and it was great to finally have some consistent dry running. We are onschedule with our programme but at the same time, we are well aware thatthere is still a lot of work ahead of us. The final test in Barcelona nextweek will be an important test in this respect and will give us valuableinformation about the performance of the car."