By Sam Cooper
January 26 2007

On Wednesday at the Valencia circuit Mclaren were the only team to take advantage of using the circuit on Wednesday and Thursday where the team got through their testing program. With Pedro, Lewis and Fernando running on Wednesday and Lewis and Fernando taking over on Thursday.

On Wednesday the Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes Team had a problem dominating the Valencia Circuit- however they were the only team running!- with reigning world champion Fernando Alonso dominating the time sheets on both days, with fellow countryman Pedro De La Rosa coming second, with young gun Lewis Hamilton finishing 3rd.

Wednesday’s times are shown below

Pos. Driver Team Time Laps

1 F. Alonso Mclaren 01:12.387 67

2 P. de la Rosa Mclaren 01:12.718 41

3 L. Hamilton Mclaren 01:13.023 69

However on Thursday Lewis Hamilton suffered a major crash, the problem that caused it is still unknown; however the team are investigating the cause of the crash. Fernando still topped the timesheets.

Thursday’s times are shown below

Pos. Driver Team Time Laps

1 F. Alonso Mclaren 01:11.698 76

2 L. Hamilton Mclaren 01:12.596 33

The Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes team will continue testing ahead of the 2007 season next week with Pedro and Lewis doing the teams work.