Bahrain Test - Day 5

Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit - 5.412 km 
Driver: Kimi Raikkonen
Car: Ferrari F60
Weather: air temperature 19/28 °C, track temperature 20/35 °C. Sunny with hazy skies.

This morning at Sakhir, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro resumed testing, following on from last week’s session at this circuit, when it ran alongside BMW and Toyota.

Kimi Raikkonen was back behind the wheel of the Ferrari F60, to continue with development of the car. Kimi worked mainly on assessing different set-up configurations, on a comparison of the different types of Bridgestone tyre available, including over long runs and on overall reliability. The day ended with a few practice starts from the grid.

The day in figures is as follows: 116 laps for Kimi, the quickest in a time of 1.32.804.

The Scuderia continues testing at this circuit tomorrow, again with the Finnish driver on track.

DAY 5 TIMES:
01. Klien - BMW Sauber - 1:32.544
02. Raikkonen - Ferrari - 1:32.804
03. Trulli - Toyota - 1:33.064

Today the Finn had an extensive programme, where he worked on the different set ups for the single-seater, the development of several mechanical and aerodynamic components and compared the different Bridgestone tyres driving long stints. “It was a very intense day,” Kimi said at the end of the day, before he went to the engineers for a briefing. “We tried to make up the time we lost last week, although in the morning we had some minor problems which slowed us down a bit. I’m satisfied with how things went. The car reacts very well to our set ups and confirms to deliver a constant performance on the long run. Let’s hope the weather remains like this so we can drive many more kilometres until the end of this session.”