F1-Blog

As mentioned earlier the Silverstone test started Tuesday. I've just had a chance to go over the times, and details.

Montoya was the fastest driver on track, he set a 1m21.076s towards the end of the session. The Columbian was trying out the latest evolution of the Mercedes-Ilmor engine.

Next fastest was the Local boy Jenson Button. The Honda team were concentrating on chassis work, trying to understand their low temperature issues. He set a 1m21.131s.

The two Renault's were next up, with Kovalainen beating his team leader Alonso to the third place spot. They set 1m21.241s and 1m21.311s respectively. However Alonso suffered mechanical issues.

Davidson (who also had issues) was the first person outside the 1m21's he set a 1m22.085s.

Nico Rosberg got a good session in for the Williams team driving a total of 108 laps during the day, that bodes well for the Cosworth reliability.

The MF1 team where there in the afternoon, however they did not do an awful lot of running and ended up the only team in the 1m24s

1 -  MONTOYA    McLaren     1m21.076s
2 -  BUTTON      Honda       1m21.131s
3 -  KOVALAINEN  Renault     1m21.241s
4 -  ALONSO      Renault     1m21.311s
5 -  DAVIDSON    Honda       1m22.085s
6 -  WURZ        Williams    1m22.216s
7 -  KLIEN       Red Bull    1m22.228s
8 -  ROSBERG     Williams    1m22.256s
9 -  VILLENEUVE  BMW Sauber  1m22.258s
10 - KUBICA      BMW Sauber  1m22.712s
11 - JANI        Toro Rosso  1m23.350s
12 - DE LA ROSA  McLaren     1m23.527s
13 - COULTHARD   Red Bull    1m23.770s
14 - MONDINI     MF1         1m24.471s

The thing to notice from the times is the obvious different programs some of the team mates where on. De La Rossa was significantly slower than Montoya. Coulthard was either way of Klien's pace or doing different work as well.

One of the most significant things I will take away from the day is the noise. The V8's do sound good, but the Toro Rosso V10 was significantly 'nicer', I will miss the V10's.