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BMW Sauber F1 Team - Valencia Test - Day 3


Weather conditions: Sunny, Air: 11-18°C, track: 9-20°C

Number of cars participating: 10

Fastest lap overall: 1:10.570 min (lap 129), Fernando Alonso, Renault, Michelin

On Friday, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica completed the BMW Sauber F1 Team's penultimate day of testing at the "Circuit de la Comunitat Ricardo Tormo". Together the drivers covered a total distance of 704 kilometres.

Nick and Robert used the perfect conditions - with temperatures reaching 18 degrees Celsius and sunshine throughout the day - to complete another valuable day of season preparation for the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Nick sat behind the wheel of the new BMW Sauber F1.06 for 87 laps on the 4.005 kilometre circuit, setting a personal best time of 1:11.799 minutes. He worked with Michelin on a tyre construction assessment and later ran fuel system and aerodynamic tests.

Robert's fastest of 89 laps was clocked at 1:12.112 minutes. In the Sauber C24B he tested different tyre compounds for Michelin. Tomorrow Nick and Jacques will carry out a wet test programme. Next week the BMW Sauber F1 Team will be testing in Jerez from 8th to 10th February.

Nick Heidfeld:
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.06 / BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 348 km (87 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:11.799 min (lap 29)
Programme: Nick worked with Michelin on a tyre construction assessment and later ran fuel system and aerodynamic tests.

Robert Kubica:
Chassis / engine: Sauber C24B / BMW P86 V8
Test kilometres today: 356 km (89 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:12.112 min (lap 35)
Programme: Today Robert tested different tyre compounds for Michelin.

What comes next:
Tomorrow Nick and Jacques will carry out a wet test programme. Next week the BMW Sauber F1 Team will be testing from February 8 to 10 in Jerez.




BMW Sauber F1
03 Feb 2006

I assume you just started watching F1. Only Ferrari was against this ban on testing, All the other 9 teams was in it.

Rebel with a cause: Jacques Villeneuve



Jacques Villeneuve has a reputation of being an unconventional driver, and at times the BMW Sauber F1 Team driver has even been considered a rebel. Jacques himself, however, has a different opinion.

"Being a rebel means going against the establishment purely because you're against the establishment and not because you have your own ideas," Jacques remarks. "Sometimes I disagreed with the establishment, but this is because I have my own ideas, which is different to being a rebel. Normally a rebel is without a cause."

Jacques has always done his own thing on and off the track. Recently the passionate hobby musician performed his first stage concert in front of an audience during the GP24hour ski race. Jacques also plays ice hockey for the "Monks of Bretaye" and enjoys to go skiing in his leisure time.

The Canadian believes it is very important to have a rich and fulfilled personal life. "It means that you can get up in the morning and do what you like doing," explains Jacques. "It's about your personal satisfaction, and this needs to be part of your life."



BMW Sauber F1
07 Feb 2006

This post has been edited by no name: Feb 9 2006, 09:25 PM

hey guys, another sauber fan reporting in.

when i tell my friends i'm into sauber team, they all laughed. doesn't matter, coz i believe this team will make it big someday.

bout jacque, i don't really like him last season, as a season driver he should be excelling, but instead felipe did better than him. hope he can make it back this season.

bout nick, i got confidence in him coz thefella really can push...

since this thread is about sauber team, wouldn't it be better if this is pinned up juz like the others?

i think what he ment was, did BMW aggreed for this? Last year, BMW was only an engine supplier.... while Williams is the one who decided for the limit on testing. BMW wasnt in a position to make a judgment. Now that BMW is a whole independant team, do they agreed for it?

Continue with the test topic. The test ban is only comply test on race track. That means those team still can test their car in the wind tunnel. BTW last year, Mclaren and Renault was accused of testing their car secretly in a racetrack.

sauber team now with BMW....new engine and new technology..so i think bmw will compete with ferrari....

i think moderator should answer the question....

BMW Sauber F1 Team was in action again


The BMW Sauber F1 Team was in action again at the "Jerez Circuit" today. Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve continued the team's preparations for the first Grand Prix of the season, which will be held on 12th March in Bahrain.

Under overcast skies for most of the day, Nick and Jacques were both hampered by minor problems on the second day with both new BMW Sauber F1.06 cars on the track. Jacques was behind the wheel of the new chassis during its second outing after Wednesday's rollout. The Canadian completed the scheduled Bahrain tyre option evaluation. However, just at the end of the test day a cooling system was damaged by a foreign object, which forced him to stop testing. Jacques covered an impressive distance of 487 kilometres or 110 laps. His personal best time was 1:18.207 minutes.

Nick worked on the set-up of the car and tested Michelin tyres for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Unfortunately, he was forced to stop early due to a fuel system problem and was therefore not able to complete the scheduled programme today. On lap 50 of 62, the German clocked his best time of the session, a 1:18.271.

Tomorrow Nick will continue with the Michelin tyre test for Bahrain, while Robert Kubica will drive the new car for the very first time. He will spend the morning getting used to the F1.06 and to do long runs for further Michelin tests.



BMW Sauber F1
09 Feb 2006

so this is robert kubica...he looks old....

out of topic a bit, jz wanna ask u guys, which season u guys like to watch the most?

for me is the 2001 season where sauber was really very strong among the lower batch teams compared to the then dominating williams,ferrari and mclaren.

then it was the last two seasons where i prefer to watch the battle of the underdogs and the battle between kimi raikonnen and shumi. last season was nice seeing the end of ferarri's dominance.

seriously the 1st race havent started yet and it is hard to predict.

like what happen in last year.

wuteva it is.i'm glad petronas wit them..with bmw still using same old staff plus new staff...it means...there will be some technology transfer to petronas(since this is one of the thing petronas ask from them)

n still..its hard to predict until the race has begun....since reability of the car also the important factor(da reason renault win even mclaren is da fastest)

This post has been edited by amirsubhi: Feb 11 2006, 03:29 AM

for me ithink 2006 season will be the most extream season to be watched...

bcos we have more team..from 20 driver to 21 driver now....

no minardi...so very hard to predict which team is the best....

and mostly bcos there will be BMW sauber la...

to all BMW Sauber F1 Team...

U can put this on your signature...hope u can use it....

Sauber V8 only 0.5 seconds slower than the previous Ferrari V10 powered car.

but ferrari v8 compare with bmw v8???

Ferrari V8 fastest of all in testing. So far.
The time recorded for the Sauber V8 was at their own test track.

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Feb 11 2006, 04:10 PM