Test Report: Abu Dhabi – day two

Day two of testing in Abu Dhabi with Gary Paffett and Oliver Turvey.

Date                  Wednesday November 7 2012

Drivers              Gary Paffett (am) / Oliver Turvey (pm)

Location            Yas Marina Circuit

Track length     5.554km

Laps                    41 (Gary)/62 (Oliver)

Km covered      228/344

Best laptime    1m43.176s (Oliver)

Programme

Gary Paffett concluded his programme today, running in the morning’s session and continuing the work he kicked off yesterday afternoon. The team was putting more miles on a number of aerodynamic developments, including a new front wing, and evaluating revised suspension geometry, with an eye towards monitoring resultant tyrewear, degradation and heating.

Oliver Turvey continued the programme into the afternoon, clocking an impressive 62 laps.

 Indeed, the team was particularly pleased with the input and response of both drivers – neither of whom have spent extensive time behind the wheel of MP4-27, and both of whom were immediately up to speed and able to provide excellent feedback to the engineers.

What’s next

The team will make further extensive set-up changes overnight before Oliver concludes his programme in the morning. Kevin Magnussen, who began the test on Tuesday morning, will return to the cockpit on Thursday afternoon, putting more miles on development parts.

 Test dates  Three days (November 6-9)