Friday 11 March 2011  - Track Circuit de Catalunya

Driver Michael Schumacher / Nico Rosberg 

No of Laps 67 laps / 22 laps

Best Lap Time 1:21.268 / 1:21.788

Kms Covered 312 kms / 102 kms

Track Length 4.655 kms  Weather Sunny 

Michael Schumacher completed the majority of the MERCEDES GP PETRONASteam's programme in Barcelona yesterday on the third day of this week's test, with Nico Rosberg taking over for the final hour of the day.

The team added further new aerodynamic parts to its upgrade package - Michael's programme focused on aerodynamic evaluations and qualifying exercises- He set the fastest time of the day, 1:21.268, during a qualifying simulation - Nico took over the car at 16:00hrs to experience the new developments on a dry track, ahead of expected rain on Saturda

 Michael and Nico completed 89 laps between them, taking the team's pre-season mileage to 5596 kms

The team plan for both Michael and Nico to drive during the fourth and final day of the test.

Michael Schumacher: "We have been developing the car step-by-step this week with new parts arriving each day. So our focus today has been on understanding how to get the best from the car now that it is pretty much in its final configuration for the first time. The car has behaved as we expected and it's been a very productive day. We completed our programme and I should also be able to get some experience of the expected wet conditions tomorrow."

 Nico Rosberg: "First of all, it's super that I was able to do some laps today, given the forecast for tomorrow. It was a good few laps, and obviously now that we have most of the developments for the car, it was handling much better and I had a good feeling. So I'm pretty pleased with the situation and would like to thank the whole team for getting everything onto the car that we wanted. We've made good progress ove rthe winter."

TIMES

Pos /Driver/ Car /Time/Laps

1. Michael Schumacher MERCEDES GP PETRONAS 1:21.26867

2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:21.614140

3. Nico Rosberg MERCEDES GP PETRONAS 1:21.78822

4. Nick Heidfeld Lotus Renault 1:22.07367

5. Rubens Barrichello Williams 1:22.23389

6. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:22.31598

7. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:22.675 72

8. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:22.933 63

9. Heikki Kovalainen Team Lotus1:23.437 138

10. Paul Di Resta Force India 1:23.65342

11. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:23.92126

12. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:24.108 11

13. Jenson Button McLaren 1:25.83757

14. Jerome D'Ambrosio Marussia Virgin 1:27.37546 

(All timings are unofficial and correct as of 17:00hrs CET Friday)