Paul Ricard day 2: McLaren dominates

The McLaren team dominated the second day of testing at the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France yesterday (Wednesday), setting the three fastest times of the day

Feb 13, 2003, 9:43 AM

Once again, it was Finn Kimi Raikkonen setting the pace, with his best lap over half a second faster than McLaren tester Alex Wurz achieved. David Coulthard was the slowest of the team's drivers, 0.039s slower than Wurz.

Toyota was the only other team present at the circuit. Cristiano da Matta set the pace for the Japanese manufacturer and was nearly two seconds faster than test driver Ricardo Zonta.

Michael Schumacher continued testing Ferrari's new F2003-GA at the Italian team's Fiorano test track yesterday (Wednesday). The world champion completed only eight laps of the circuit in order to give the team time to conduct a complete overhaul of the car prior to further running today. Schumacher's fastest lap was 58.126s.

Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes M 1m06.425s 78
Alex Wurz McLaren-Mercedes M 1m07.103s 89
David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes M 1m07.142s 51
Cristiano da Matta Toyota M 1m07.625s 53
Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1m09.370s 67

M = Michelin