Barcelona testing
2 February 2008
Day 2 of 3 | Quick stats:
Number of drivers participating: 14
Fastest lap Sebastian Vettel 1:21.679 | 
| Cloudy
Air: 7–12°C,
Track: 7–14°C |
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Laps | | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1m21.679 | 89 | | 2 | Sebastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1m21.782 | 88 | | 3 |  Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1m22.135 | 80 | | 4 | Heikki Kovalainen | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1m22.511 | 70 | | 5 |  Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1m22.833 | 90 | | 6 |  Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1m22.938 | 115 | | 7 | Nelson Piquet | Renault | 1m23.002 | 115 | | 8 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1m23.014 | 75 | | 9 |  Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 1m23.020 | 94 | | 10 | David Coulthard | Red Bull Racing | 1m23.322 | 85 | | 11 |  Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1m23.347 | 34 | | 12 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1m23.948 | 40 | | 13 |  Jenson Button | Honda Racing | 1m23.959 | 58 | | 14 |  Tonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1m24.263 | 61 |
BMW Sauber F1 Team
Robert Kubica
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.08-02 / BMW P86/8
Test kilometres today: 418,950 km (90 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:22.833 min
Nick Heidfeld
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.08-03 / BMW P86/8
Test kilometres today: 349,125 km (75 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:23.014 min
Programme:
Both cars ran without technical problems, although the test sessions were again hampered by the low track and air temperatures. Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld concentrated on the mechanical and aerodynamical set-up of the car. The team tried some new parts to optimize the balance of the car. Both drivers could do their programme as scheduled and went through a lot of items on the testing list.
What comes next:
Testing in Barcelona continues on Sunday. Both BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers are scheduled to work again on the set-up of the F1.08 car.
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
| Date: | Saturday 2nd February 2008 | | Drivers: | Lewis Hamilton & Heikki Kovalainen | | Location: | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | | Track Length: | 4.655km | | Weather: | Cold and overcast: Track temperature, 14.7°C / Ambient temperature, 11.1°C | | Laps Run: | Total - 150 | | Kilometres Covered: | Lewis - 372km approx / Heikki - 326km approx | | Best Lap Time: | Lewis - 1m22.135 at 15:11 / Heikki - 1m22.511 at 16:28 | | Programme: | Heikki took over testing duties from Gary Paffett today, with the Finn running alongside teammate Lewis Hamilton. Work for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers focused on continued tyre work with Bridgestone and aerodynamic and mechanical developments. The pair also spent time on practice starts in the pitlane. Lewis’s programme ended just over an hour before the end of the session with a minor transmission issue. | | Drivers for Day Three: | Lewis and Heikki | | Duration of Test: | Three days (Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd February) |
ING Renault F1 Team
The ING Renault F1 Team continues its testing programme in Barcelona. Fernando Alonso R28-01, 115 laps, 529 km, fastest lap: 1’22:938
Nelson Piquet R28-02, 115 laps, 529 km, fastest lap 1’23:002 The ING Renault F1 Team remained in Barcelona today to continue with its winter testing programme. Both R28s were in action again with Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet on driving duty. Cold, overcast conditions remained for today, and track conditions were far from ideal. Fernando concentrated on long runs in the morning, before working on aero testing as the team added new parts to the car. Nelson completed more basic set-up work as he too completed some long runs, and then took the opportunity to familiarise himself with various race procedures with some practice starts and pit-stops. Both drivers completed their programmes as planned and enjoyed a productive day. With good reliability on both cars, it was the chance to put more miles on the R28. Fernando covered a total of 115 laps, setting a best time of 1’22:938, while Nelson similarly recorded 115 laps, almost double a race distance, with a best lap of 1’23:002. The team remain in Barcelona for the final day of testing tomorrow with Fernando and Nelson remaining in the cars. Fernando Alonso: “The track conditions were not great today, but we did not have any problems and I did lots of laps, so we have lots of data that we will have to go through tonight with the engineers. We will finish our programme tomorrow for the last day here in Barcelona, and I hope we can continue improving our understanding of the new car.” Nelson Piquet: “It was a good day for me as I completed my programme and drove for the whole day, which was what I needed. I’m feeling more comfortable with the car and we are definitely making progress. We did some practice starts and pitstops at the end of the day because without traction control a lot of things have changed and we need to get used to it.” Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: “Today was a positive day and we achieved good mileage with both cars, without any problems. I was happy with the performance of both drivers and we learnt a lot about the car performance-wise, which has given us lots of interesting data to work with tomorrow. We did some long runs this afternoon with Nelson, so I’m very pleased with the day overall as we achieved the majority of our objectives.”
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Scuderia Toro Rosso
In fact, the whole day was given over to simulating a race weekend, not just for the benefit of our French rookie driver, but for the entire race team. It was a successful day, both in terms of the « dress rehearsal »and in terms of continuing to gather data on the interim car, with which the team will start the season and which we forgot to mention earlier, should be referred to as the STR2B.
Honda F1
The Circuit de Catalunya was overcast for the start of day two of the Barcelona test this morning with an opening temperature of 10 degrees. Jenson Button took over the running in chassis RA108-02 and completed a short set-up programme of 20 laps. The team concentrated on chassis 02 today whilst awaiting new parts for chassis 01, which have been completed in time for integration into the day 3 programme. Jenson had a productive afternoon, completing a number of different set-up options to develop the car balance. He concluded the afternoon with a longer run, bringing his lap tally to a total of 56 for the day. Jenson will continue in chassis RA108-02 tomorrow whilst Rubens Barrichello will be back in chassis 01. | 
