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Kimi
Räikkönen took the work to test for Ferrari at the Paul Ricard
circuit at Le Castellet today. While his team mate Felipe Massa
worked on the set up for the Monaco Grand Prix on Tuesday and
Wednesday, Kimi concentrated himself on the prepartion for the
North American races.
Today,
Kimi Räikkönen completet a total of 50 laps on the 5.255
kilometre long track version 1E V2, that used characteristics of
medium and fast tracks. Kimi worked on finding the best set-up,
comparing the different types of tyre provided by Bridgestone and
on development of some mechanical and aerodynamic components. The
Finn was fastest today ahead of Scott Speed after setting a lap
time of 1:28.833 minutes. However, due to some electronic problems
he had to finish he work sooner than planned.
Testing
at the circuit continues tomorrow, again with Kimi Räikkönen on
track.
Le
Castelett testing results
| Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Laps |
Time |
Gap |
| 1. |
K.
Raikkonen |
Ferrari |
50 |
1:28.833 |
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| 2. |
S.
Speed |
Toro
Rosso |
95 |
1:29.039 |
0.206 |
| 3. |
H.
Kovalainen |
Renault |
89 |
1:29.070 |
0.237 |
| 4. |
R.
Kubica |
BMW |
83 |
1:29.157 |
0.324 |
| 5. |
M.
Webber |
Red
Bull |
84 |
1:29.179 |
0.346 |
| 6. |
F.
Montagny |
Toyota |
67 |
1:29.205 |
0.372 |
| 7. |
A.
Wurz |
Williams |
57 |
1:29.359 |
0.526 |
| 8. |
P.
de la Rosa |
McLaren |
96 |
1:29.528 |
0.695 |
| 9. |
R.
Barrichello |
Honda |
71 |
1:30.108 |
1.275 |
| 10. |
C.
Klien |
Honda |
25 |
1:30.235 |
1.402 |
| 11. |
J.
Rossiter |
Super
Aguri |
114 |
1:30.386 |
1.553 |
| 12. |
C.
Albers |
Spyker |
16 |
1:32.245 |
3.412 |
| 13. |
M.
Winkelhock |
Spyker |
43 |
1:32.756 |
3.923 |
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