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Technical gremlims for Heidfeld on Valencia Day4
By BMW Sauber F1 Team
January 18 2008
On Friday, the BMW Sauber F1 Team concluded its testing programme at Valencia's "Circuit de la Comunitat". Nick Heidfeld took to the track at the wheel of the new BMW Sauber F1.08, while Robert Kubica was on duty in the F1.07B. With the sun shining and temperatures of up to 22° C degrees, the pairing covered a total of 532 kilometres (133 laps).

Number of drivers participating: 2 (exclusively BMW Sauber F1 Team test) Circuit distance: 4.005 km

Nick Heidfeld Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.08-02 / BMW P86/8 Test kilometres today: 364 km (91 laps)

Robert Kubica Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.07B-06 / BMW P86/8 Test kilometres today: 168 km (42 laps)

Programme: In the morning the team lost some time due to a mechanical problem with the power steering on Nick’s car. However, later on he continued with set-up work on the F1.08 and was able to cover 91 laps.

Technical Director Willy Rampf summed up his impressions of the first test: “Apart from this morning we had no noteworthy reliability problems during the four days. We were able to complete many laps with the new car and managed to collect a lot of valuable data. We have a base line for determining the programme for next week’s test. We are only just starting out and have a fair amount of work to do to find the ideal settings for the new car.”

What comes next: The BMW Sauber F1 Team will be testing again in Valencia from Tuesday to Thursday next week.

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