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On
the Circuit de Catalunya near the gates of Barcelona, Kimi
Räikkönen startet with the last three day test session in
preparation for the start of the 2008 World Championship in the
Australian Melbourne today.
After
not being able to run last week Kimi Raikkonen took to the track
today at the wheel of an F2008, fitted with the latest aerodynamic
updates. Alongside him was a special test driver in the shape of
Michael Schumacher. On a day when the weather was not at its best
– a wet track for almost the entire morning – the day’s work
centred mainly on the overall reliability of the car, as well as
set-up testing. Kimi completed a total of 82 laps and set in
1:22.319 minutes the second fastest time of the day. With that he
was only 0.043 seconds slower than Lewis Hamilton on top of the
time sheets.
Felipe
Massa will join Raikkonen on track tomorrow.
Testing
Times Barcelona Day 1:
| Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Laps |
Time |
Gap |
| 1. |
L.
Hamilton |
McLaren |
78 |
1:22.276 |
|
| 2. |
K.
Räikkönen |
Ferrari |
82 |
1:22.319 |
0.043 |
| 3. |
M.
Schumacher |
Ferrari |
83 |
1:22.428 |
0.152 |
| 4. |
K.
Nakajima |
Williams |
54 |
1:22.724 |
0.448 |
| 5. |
H.
Kovalainen |
McLaren |
71 |
1:22.852 |
0.576 |
| 6. |
N.
Rosberg |
Williams |
108 |
1:22.974 |
0.698 |
| 7. |
F.
Alonso |
Renault |
79 |
1:23.021 |
0.745 |
| 8. |
N.
Heidfeld |
BMW |
75 |
1:23.075 |
0.799 |
| 9. |
M.
Webber |
Red
Bull |
62 |
1:23.091 |
0.815 |
| 10. |
S.
Vettel |
Toro
Rosso |
71 |
1:23.115 |
0.839 |
| 11. |
A.
Sutil |
Force
India |
95 |
1:23.188 |
0.912 |
| 12. |
C.
Klien |
BMW |
43 |
1:23.239 |
0.963 |
| 13. |
V.
Liuzzi |
Force
India |
70 |
1:23.270 |
0.994 |
| 14. |
N.
Piquet jr. |
Renault |
42 |
1:23.442 |
1.166 |
| 15. |
T.
Glock |
Toyota |
86 |
1:23.609 |
1.333 |
| 16. |
K.
Kobayashi |
Toyota |
29 |
1:23.880 |
1.604 |
| 17. |
R.
Barrichello |
Honda |
115 |
1:24.460 |
2.184 |
| 18. |
A.
Wurz |
Honda |
109 |
1:24.667 |
2.391 |
| 19. |
D.
Coulthard |
Red
Bulll |
25 |
1:24.826 |
2.550 |
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