McLaren Test Report - Jerez Day One

Date:               Tuesday February 10 2009 
Driver:             Heikki Kovalainen 
Location:           Circuito de Jerez 
Track length:       4.423km 
Weather:            Maximum track temp 20.6°C; maximum ambient temp 16.7°C 
Laps completed:     60 
Kilometres covered: 265 
Best laptime:       1m22.634 at 16:29 
Programme:          First running of MP4-24 in familiar conditions. Heikki ran a parallel 
                    programme, focusing on developing useful set-ups for the new car while 
                    also putting mileage on the car's active KERS device. The team set itself
                    prudent targets on both thermal and pressure thresholds in order to 
                    safeguard the machinery and this resulted in a few aborted runs when those
                    thresholds were reached. Heikki felt the KERS device worked well but 
                    required further work in concert with the car's set-up to produce optimum
                    results. As much of the day's work was exploratory, the team chose to 
                    undertake most of its work on a single set of dry tyres choosing only to
                    switch to fresh rubber - and set its fastest lap - towards the end of the
                    day. The team will continue with the same programme tomorrow and is optimistic
                    of increasing the length of the runs as it increases its understanding of the 
                    KERS device. 
Driver for day two: Heikki 
Duration of test:   Four days (Feb 10-13) 


Unofficial times*:

Pos Driver             Constructor                Time      Laps 

1   Sebastien Buemi    Scuderia Toro Rosso        1m19.660  104 
2   Sebastian Vettel   Red Bull Racing            1m22.177   63 
3   Nico Hulkenberg    Williams                   1m22.443   82 
4   Heikki Kovalainen  Vodafone McLaren Mercedes  1m22.634   60 
5   Nelson Piquet      Renault                    1m23.313   35 

*no official times available

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