Day three – Thursday
Weather conditions: Dry, partly sunny and partly overcast, air: 13-18°C, track: 15-23°C
Number of cars participating: 15 (14 drivers)
Fastest lap overall: 1:18.505s, Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault R26, Michelin
Robert Kubica:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.06-06 / BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 195 km (38 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:20.930s
Robert Kubica:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.06-07 / BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 149 km (29 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:21.371s
Robert Kubica had a busy day as he was the only BMW Sauber F1 Team driver at the test today so he drove both chassis. He worked on aero and damper comparisons with chassis 06 and also completed some long tyre compound runs for Michelin. With chassis 07 he completed aero work.
What comes next:
This was the end of the three day test for the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Over the three days the teams’ drivers, Jacques Villeneuve, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubia, covered a total of 1,700 kilometres between them. Next week the team has its first home race, the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, and the official opening of the team’s Pit Lane Park.
Weather conditions: Dry, partly sunny and partly overcast, air: 13-18°C, track: 15-23°C
Number of cars participating: 15 (14 drivers)
Fastest lap overall: 1:18.505s, Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault R26, Michelin
Robert Kubica:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.06-06 / BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 195 km (38 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:20.930s
Robert Kubica:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.06-07 / BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 149 km (29 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:21.371s
Robert Kubica had a busy day as he was the only BMW Sauber F1 Team driver at the test today so he drove both chassis. He worked on aero and damper comparisons with chassis 06 and also completed some long tyre compound runs for Michelin. With chassis 07 he completed aero work.
What comes next:
This was the end of the three day test for the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Over the three days the teams’ drivers, Jacques Villeneuve, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubia, covered a total of 1,700 kilometres between them. Next week the team has its first home race, the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, and the official opening of the team’s Pit Lane Park.
