Testing: Round Two Begins

By Phil Huff
December 5 2002

The second round of winter testing got under way today, with British American Racing joining Jaguar, McLaren, Renault, Toyota, and Williams at Barcelona.

Taking the reins at BAR was long term test driver Anthony Davidson, who managed to complete 96 laps without incident.

Testing of the 2002 car again concentrated on developments of electronics, software and sensors, where solid consistent laps are more important than outright lap times.

The highlight of the day was again Antonia Pizzonia writing off his second Jaguar within three days, the first being a Jaguar S Type R road car being demonstrated for journalists. Today Pizzonia drove head on into a wall, severely damaging the Jaguar R3B hybrid car.

P	Driver	Team	Engine	Car	Tyre	Best Lap	Laps
1	M Webber	Jaguar	Cosworth	R3	M	1:18.192	67
2	JP Montoya	Williams	BMW	FW24	M	1:18.206	57
3	A Wurz	McLaren	Mercedes	MP4-17D	M	1:18.757	31
4	O Panis	Toyota	Toyota	TF102	M	1:18.934	80
5	M Gene	Williams	BMW	FW24	M	1:19.429	32
6	F Alonso	Renault	Renault	R202	M	1:19.572	86
7	A Davidson	BAR	Honda	BAR004	B	1:20.363	96
8	N Rosberg	Williams	BMW	FW24	M	1:21.069	37
9	G Paffett	McLaren	Mercedes	MP4-17D	M	1:21.472	13
10	D Muller	Williams	BMW	FW24	M	1:21.605	45
11	R Dumas	Renault	Renault	R202	M	1:22.375	48
13	A Pizzonia	Jaguar	Cosworth	R3B	M	-:--.---	-