Kimi joins the team

By Karl King
April 27 2006

With better conditions on track at Silverstone on Wednesday McLaren were unable to retain their spot at the top of the timesheets from Tuesday. The team concentrated on tyre work for the British GP testing different set ups and compounds during the day.

With Kimi joining Juan Pablo at the Northamptonshire track the duo set the fourth and fifth fastest times - Juan Pablo over a tenth faster than his Finnish team mate, who's day was cut short after a hydraulic problem.

The unstoppable Renaults were fastest on the day, McLaren bound Alonso over three tenths faster than his team mate Fisichella, the yellow and blue pair being the only people to break the 1m18s barrier.

The busiest man on the day, as seems to be a recurring pattern was Jenson Button with his Honda team completing 245 laps.

Driver	Constructor	Time	Laps
Fernando Alonso	Renault	1m18.640	94
Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1m18.975	116
Jenson Button	Honda Racing	1m19.383	137
Juan Pablo Montoya	Team McLaren Mercedes	1m19.395	72
Kimi Raikkonen	Team McLaren Mercedes	1m19.558	37
Rubens Barrichello	Honda Racing	1m19.695	108
Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	1m20.123	105
Mark Webber	Williams F1	1m20.191	72
Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1m20.556	53
Nico Rosberg	Williams F1	1m20.641	72
Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber	1m20.667	75
David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	1m20.962	25
Tonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	1m21.058	43
Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1m21.870	32
Tiago Monteiro	MF1 Racing	1m22.083	84