Valencia 14 Feb

By Karl King
February 14 2006

It was hard to miss the McLaren-Mercedes MP4-21 as it took to the track for the first time while sporting it's new chrome livery. The team tested all day in Valencia.

Spain's Pedro de la Rosa testing all day while Juan Pablo Montoya joined him in the afternoon. The programme included work on set-up, the Mercedes V8, and the Michelin tyres. They managed to set the third and fourth fastest times respectively, behind the flying Williams of Mark Webber and the Red Bull of Christian Klien.

The only red flag of the day was caused by a Midland driver, Italian Giorgio Mordini, after taking an off into the tyres.

Wednesday will see de la Rosa make way for Kimi Raikkonen to test alongside Juan Pablo.

1.  M. Webber      Williams FW28     1m10''601            94 laps
2.  C. Klien       Red Bull RB2      1m11''254  +0''653  100 laps
3.  P. de La Rosa  McLaren MP4-21    1m11''619  +1''018  102 laps
4.  JP. Montoya    McLaren MP4-21    1m11''701  +1''100   48 laps
5.  R. Doornbos    Red Bull RB2      1m12''448  +1''847  103 laps
6.  A. Wurz        Williams FW28     1m12''657  +2''056   48 laps
7.  T. Monteiro    MF1 Racing M16    1m12''924  +2''323   82 laps
8.  M. Winkelhock  MF1 Racing EJ15B  1m14''299  +3''698   77 laps
9.  G. Mondini     MF1 Racing EJ15B  1m24''110  13''509   16 laps