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Heidfeld And Asmer On Duty In Valencia Test Day 1
By BMW Sauber F1 Tean
January 22 2008
Nick Heidfeld and Marko Asmer kicked off another three-day testing programme in Valencia on Tuesday. At the "Circuit de la Comunitat", both drivers completed 124 laps. With temperatures reaching 24 degrees Celsius, 16 drivers took to the track in Spain. Weather conditions were sunny and dry.

Nick completed 80 laps of the 4.055-kilometre track. His personal best time was clocked at 1:13.779 minutes. Marko lapped the Spanish track 44 times, setting a personal fastest lap of 1:13.669 minutes, thus being fractions faster than Nick.

Nick conducted development work with the BMW Sauber F1.08 going through various aerodynamic comparisons and suspension settings. Although he encountered some minor technical problems, it was a productive day. As opposed to last week, the weather conditions were very good and enabled the engineers to gather a lot of valuable data. Marko drove the F1.07B. He had a limited programme mainly concentrating on systems checking and development work with the SECU.

Tomorrow, Robert Kubica will drive the F1.08 while Nick Heidfeld will be at the wheel of the F1.07B.

 

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