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Jerez - Test 3 -Day 1 - McLaren
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17 February
2010 @ 17:10 GMT - Max Moore Date: Wednesday February 17 2010 Drivers: Lewis Hamilton Location: Circuito de Jerez Track Length: 4.423km Weather: Pretty horrid: changeable, gusty, unpredictable and filled with intermittent heavy showers. Track temperature: 28.3°C (maximum) Air temperature: 15.7°C (maximum) Laps run today: 72 Laps run in total at test: 72 Kilometres covered today: 318 Kilometres covered in total at test: 318 Best lap time today: 1m23.017s at 16:59 Best lap time of the test: 1m23.017s Drivers for tomorrow: Lewis Hamilton Duration of test: Four days (February 17-20) Next Test: Barcelona (February 25-28) |
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The day-long changeable conditions made progress frustratingly slow, as meaningful running could not be achieved without the arrival of either a rain shower or a red-flag period.
Nevertheless, the team continued with its development of MP4-25, making solid progress with the car’s balance and set-up, based largely on a thorough evaluation of and response to the data gathered at last week’s running at Jerez.
Lewis caused an early red flag during the morning’s running when his car was stopped by a minor systems error. Thereafter, he ran without problems and was able to achieve some encouraging times over several long runs.
With heavier rain forecast for tomorrow, the team will continue with its reactive programme, continuing to put miles on the car while simultaneously looking at improving performance.