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1. Fastest Times
Fastest times is a listing of the fastest time by each team at the eight tracks that have been used during winter testing. For each team at each track, the fastest time set during testing is listed first. This is then followed by the fastest time set during the November/December testing period, January testing period and February testing period. The fastest time is also highlighted in the period it was set.
At most of the tracks they visited, Ferrari top the tables, closely followed by McLaren. Ferrari were on top at Jerez until the last day of testing saw some very fast times, while at Valencia, a Jaguar tops the tables! Toyota must be disappointed that at the Paul Ricard track where they do a huge amount of testing, both Renault and McLaren turned up for a couple of days of testing of their cars and managed to outpace them.
Barcelona:
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
Ferrari | 1:15.020 | 1:15.917 | 1:15.020 | 1:15.103 |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.266 | 1:15.674 | 1:15.266 | 1:17.293 |
Toyota | 1:15.508 | 1:17.190 | 1:16.386 | 1:15.508 |
Renault | 1:15.943 | 1:19.572 | 1:16.920 | 1:15.943 |
Williams-BMW | 1:16.151 | 1:17.372 | 1:16.151 | 1:16.630 |
Sauber-Petronas | 1:16.336 | 1:18.141 | 1:16.656 | 1:16.336 |
Jordan-Ford | 1:17.071 | | 1:19.077 | 1:17.071 |
Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:17.481 | 1:17.481 | 1:18.349 | 1:18.063 |
BAR-Honda | 1:17.628 | 1:19.422 | 1:17.628 | 1:17.826 |
Fiorano:
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
Ferrari | 0:56.786 | 0:58.414 | | 0:56.786 |
Minardi | 1:01.080 | | | 1:01.080 |
Imola:
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
Ferrari | 1:20.441 | | | 1:20.441 |
BAR-Honda | 1:21.393 | | | 1:21.393 |
Sauber-Petronas | 1:21.749 | | | 1:21.749 |
Williams-BMW | 1:22.650 | | | 1:22.650 |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:22.925 | | | 1:22.925 |
Toyota | 1:23.127 | | | 1:23.127 |
Minardi | 1:27.300 | | | 1:27.300 |
Jerez:
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
Williams-BMW | 1:17.611 | 1:20.997 | 1:20.831 | 1:17.611 |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.944 | 1:19.774 | | 1:17.944 |
Ferrari | 1:18.392 | 1:18.392 | 1:18.486 | 1:18.962 |
Toyota | 1:19.015 | | | 1:19.015 |
Sauber-Petronas | 1:19.736 | 1:19.736 | | |
Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:20.304 | 1:20.304 | | |
BAR-Honda | 1:20.657 | 1:20.657 | | |
Renault | 1:21.320 | 1:21.677 | 1:21.320 | |
Mugello:
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
Ferrari | 1:24.740 | 1:24.740 | | |
Paul Ricard (short):
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:06.425 | | | 1:06.425 |
Toyota | 1:07.514 | | | 1:07.514 |
Paul Ricard:
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
Renault | 1:35.186 | | 1:35.186 | |
Toyota | 1:35.829 | | 1:35.829 | |
Silverstone (National circuit):
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
McLaren-Mercedes | 0:41.728 | | | 0:41.728 |
Jaguar-Cosworth | 0:42.395 | | | 0:42.395 |
Renault | 0:42.560 | | | 0:42.560 |
BAR-Honda | 0:42.610 | | | 0:42.610 |
Valencia:
Team | Fastest | November/ December | January | February |
Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:10.090 | | 1:11.952 | 1:10.090 |
Williams-BMW | 1:10.153 | 1:12.147 | 1:10.794 | 1:10.153 |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:10.625 | 1:10.673 | 1:10.625 | |
Renault | 1:10.872 | 1:13.890 | | 1:10.872 |
Ferrari | 1:10.929 | | 1:11.308 | 1:10.929 |
Sauber-Petronas | 1:11.109 | 1:13.746 | 1:11.109 | |
BAR-Honda | 1:11.323 | | 1:12.119 | 1:11.323 |
Jordan-Ford | 1:11.703 | | 1:11.703 | 1:11.824 |
Toyota | 1:11.867 | | 1:11.867 | |
Minardi | 1:15.210 | 1:16.649 | 1:15.210 | |
2. Driver Days
Driver days compares the number of days each driver, and team, has driven during winter testing, with a driver day being counted for each driver that tests for a team on a day of testing - multiple drivers for one team on a day of testing mean multiple driver days. A total of 42 drivers have driven for the ten teams in these tests from November through to February, for a total of 529 driver days of testing. Finally every team and driver for the 2003 season has tested, though Minardi's Justin Wilson and Jos Verstappen has been somewhat limited compared to the other teams' drivers.
Of the 42 drivers that have taken part, Marc Gene clearly leads the way with 34 days, from Cristiano da Matta on 32 days and Juan Pablo Montoya and Olivier Panis on 29. From the teams' perspective, Williams-BMW clearly lead the way with 94 from Ferrari on 78, with Toyota, Renault, McLaren-Mercedes and BAR-Honda closely bunched together, while Jordan and Minardi clearly trail the field.
Driver | Driver Days |
Marc Gene | 34 |
Cristiano da Matta | 32 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | 29 |
Olivier Panis | 29 |
Fernando Alonso | 23 |
Ralf Schumacher | 23 |
Luca Badoer | 22 |
Antonio Pizzonia | 22 |
Mark Webber | 22 |
Jarno Trulli | 21 |
Alex Wurz | 21 |
Nick Heidfeld | 20 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 19 |
Jacques Villeneuve | 19 |
Luciano Burti | 18 |
Michael Schumacher | 18 |
David Coulthard | 17 |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 16 |
Rubens Barrichello | 15 |
Jenson Button | 15 |
Giancarlo Fisichella | 14 |
Allan McNish | 13 |
Anthony Davidson | 10 |
Ralph Firman | 9 |
Ricardo Zonta | 8 |
Felipe Massa | 5 |
Gary Paffett | 5 |
Franck Montagny | 3 |
Takuma Sato | 3 |
Jos Verstappen | 3 |
Justin Wilson | 3 |
Olivier Beretta | 2 |
Sebastien Bourdais | 2 |
Romain Dumas | 2 |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | 2 |
Tiago Monteiro | 2 |
Giorgio Pantano | 2 |
Sergei Zlobin | 2 |
Matteo Bobbi | 1 |
Kosuke Matsuura | 1 |
Dirk Muller | 1 |
Nico Rosberg | 1 |
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Team | Driver Days |
Williams-BMW | 94 |
Ferrari | 78 |
Toyota | 69 |
Renault | 65 |
McLaren-Mercedes | 62 |
BAR-Honda | 56 |
Jaguar-Cosworth | 44 |
Sauber-Petronas | 36 |
Jordan-Ford | 15 |
Minardi | 10 |
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3. Driver Totals
The driver totals compare the total number of laps completed by each driver during testing, with the total number of laps broken down circuit by circuit. A total of 28824 laps have been completed during testing since the end of the 2002 season. Marc Gene is at the top of the standings for the dizziest driver with 2098 laps, closely followed by fellow Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya on 1906 laps. Next up is Toyota's rookie Cristiano da Matta on 1568 laps. Then there are a large group of drivers who have completed quite a few days of testing with 1000 to 1450 laps of testing led by Luca Badoer. Similar to Ferrari's use of Fiorano and Mugello, Toyota spend a lot of time testing by themselves at the Paul Ricard circuit, with almost half of da Matta's testing at the French circuit. At the bottom of the table is a group comprising mainly of drivers the teams evaluated for possible further use as test drivers, though Minardi's Justin Wilson and Jos Verstappen are mixed in there as well.
By default, the table is sorted by total laps in descending order.
Driver | Total Laps | B a r c e l o n a
| F i o r a n o | I m o l a | J e r e z | M u g e l l o | P a u l R i c a r d | S i l v e r s t o n e | V a l e n c i a |
Marc Gene | 2098 | 814 | 0 | 193 | 401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 690 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | 1906 | 856 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 947 |
Cristiano da Matta | 1568 | 618 | 0 | 102 | 67 | 0 | 597 | 0 | 184 |
Luca Badoer | 1479 | 625 | 0 | 30 | 688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
Ralf Schumacher | 1443 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
Olivier Panis | 1371 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 172 |
Michael Schumacher | 1266 | 496 | 266 | 202 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 |
Nick Heidfeld | 1220 | 517 | 0 | 239 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 353 |
Alex Wurz | 1214 | 314 | 0 | 72 | 198 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 457 |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 1146 | 513 | 0 | 254 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 1144 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 339 | 0 | 204 | 28 | 430 |
Fernando Alonso | 1132 | 554 | 0 | 0 | 325 | 0 | 76 | 25 | 152 |
Antonio Pizzonia | 1116 | 838 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
Mark Webber | 1042 | 625 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 221 |
Rubens Barrichello | 1022 | 451 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 477 |
Luciano Burti | 1005 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 307 | 533 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David Coulthard | 939 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 0 | 211 | 15 | 244 |
Jarno Trulli | 921 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 0 | 40 | 135 | 192 |
Jacques Villeneuve | 838 | 379 | 0 | 104 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 288 |
Jenson Button | 734 | 379 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 226 |
Allan McNish | 726 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 361 | 108 |
Giancarlo Fisichella | 601 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 299 |
Anthony Davidson | 562 | 444 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Firman | 432 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 119 |
Ricardo Zonta | 372 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 304 | 0 | 0 |
Felipe Massa | 248 | 0 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Paffett | 173 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
Takuma Sato | 115 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 53 |
Giorgio Pantano | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
Olivier Beretta | 98 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
Justin Wilson | 93 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Jos Verstappen | 92 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Romain Dumas | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Franck Montagny | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Tiago Monteiro | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sebastien Bourdais | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sergei Zlobin | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
Dirk Muller | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nico Rosberg | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kosuke Matsuura | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matteo Bobbi | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
4. Team Totals
The team totals compare the total number of laps completed by each driver during testing, with the total number of laps broken down circuit by circuit. Again, 28824 laps have been completed during the testing period. On top are Williams, having completed over 800 more laps than Ferrari, both teams spreading their testing over several circuits. McLaren-Mercedes are next, just ahead of Renault who are followed by Toyota. Sauber-Petronas, BAR-Honda and Jaguar-Cosworth form another tight group. Jordan's testing in January and February move them well clear of Minardi while still being well behind the rest of the teams.
By default, the table is sorted by total laps in descending order.
Team | Total Laps | B a r c e l o n a
| F i o r a n o | I m o l a | J e r e z | M u g e l l o | P a u l R i c a r d | S i l v e r s t o n e | V a l e n c i a |
Williams-BMW | 5831 | 2318 | 0 | 193 | 1202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2118 |
Ferrari | 5020 | 1572 | 679 | 326 | 1100 | 533 | 0 | 0 | 810 |
McLaren-Mercedes | 3470 | 832 | 0 | 72 | 707 | 0 | 588 | 43 | 1228 |
Toyota | 3311 | 1288 | 0 | 170 | 146 | 0 | 1351 | 0 | 356 |
Renault | 3060 | 1291 | 0 | 0 | 670 | 0 | 126 | 521 | 452 |
Sauber-Petronas | 2366 | 1030 | 0 | 493 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 653 |
BAR-Honda | 2327 | 1292 | 0 | 104 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 567 |
Jaguar-Cosworth | 2158 | 1463 | 0 | 0 | 375 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 307 |
Jordan-Ford | 987 | 517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 418 |
Minardi | 294 | 0 | 56 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203 |
5. Distance Totals
The distance totals compare the total distance completed by drivers and teams during testing. A total of 127923.865 km has been covered during testing, the equivalent of over 419 Grand Prix distances! These two tables follow a similar pattern to the previous tables, though Toyota moves ahead of McLaren-Mercedes. Minardi's testing is the equivalent of under four Grands Prix, compared to pacesetter Williams who have completed over 84! Meanwhile Marc Gene's testing has seen him cover the equivalent of more than 30 race distances.
By default, the tables are sorted by total distance in descending order.
Driver | km |
Marc Gene | 9341.367 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | 8297.699 |
Cristiano da Matta | 7721.493 |
Luca Badoer | 6695.384 |
Olivier Panis | 6653.372 |
Ralf Schumacher | 6413.769 |
Nick Heidfeld | 5529.670 |
Michael Schumacher | 5388.087 |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 5230.784 |
Alex Wurz | 5213.994 |
Fernando Alonso | 5175.258 |
Antonio Pizzonia | 5158.346 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 4759.508 |
Mark Webber | 4685.973 |
Luciano Burti | 4605.383 |
Rubens Barrichello | 4507.317 |
David Coulthard | 3996.803 |
Jarno Trulli | 3906.962 |
Jacques Villeneuve | 3755.818 |
Jenson Button | 3269.012 |
Anthony Davidson | 2622.624 |
Allan McNish | 2611.198 |
Giancarlo Fisichella | 2579.931 |
Ralph Firman | 1894.325 |
Ricardo Zonta | 1697.856 |
Gary Paffett | 747.965 |
Felipe Massa | 738.048 |
Takuma Sato | 467.869 |
Olivier Beretta | 463.540 |
Giorgio Pantano | 432.540 |
Romain Dumas | 425.700 |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | 384.480 |
Tiago Monteiro | 378.400 |
Jos Verstappen | 361.396 |
Justin Wilson | 354.385 |
Franck Montagny | 341.973 |
Sebastien Bourdais | 265.680 |
Sergei Zlobin | 236.295 |
Dirk Muller | 212.850 |
Nico Rosberg | 175.010 |
Kosuke Matsuura | 141.696 |
Matteo Bobbi | 84.105 |
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Team | km |
Williams-BMW | 25721.255 |
Ferrari | 21934.219 |
Toyota | 16072.721 |
McLaren-Mercedes | 14718.270 |
Renault | 12989.026 |
Sauber-Petronas | 10760.454 |
BAR-Honda | 10427.115 |
Jaguar-Cosworth | 9844.319 |
Jordan-Ford | 4256.676 |
Minardi | 1152.326 |
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6. Track Totals
The track totals show the total distance, total laps and total driver days completed during testing at each track. The most popular venue has been Barcelona, which has seen almost 55,000 km of punishment inflicted on it by the various teams, as the teams have completed the equivalent of almost 180 race distances at the track. As the averages show, each driver each day at Barcelona has averaged about 80% of a race distance, with some drivers completing over 100 laps in a day at the track! The two other Spanish venues of Valencia and Jerez are next most popular. Interestingly, the average laps completed per driver per day is fairly similar at the various venues, whether they be as short as Fiorano or as long as Paul Ricard or Mugello.
This table is listed in alphabetical order.
Track | km | Laps | Driver Days | km/ Driver Day | Laps/ Driver Day |
Barcelona | 54882.190 | 11603 | 219 | 250.604 | 52.98 |
Valencia | 28483.560 | 7112 | 120 | 237.363 | 59.27 |
Fiorano | 2146.722 | 735 | 14 | 153.337 | 52.50 |
Imola | 6871.669 | 1393 | 26 | 264.295 | 53.58 |
Jerez | 20971.008 | 4736 | 82 | 255.744 | 57.76 |
Mugello | 2795.585 | 533 | 11 | 254.144 | 48.45 |
Paul Ricard | 10066.345 | 2065 | 45 | 223.697 | 45.89 |
Silverstone | 1706.786 | 647 | 12 | 142.232 | 53.92 |
7. Averages
The averages compare the average distance completed and average laps completed by the drivers and teams. The drivers leading the table have averaged around a race distance per day of testing, with the Ferrari, Jordan, Sauber and Williams teams averaging almost a race distance per day per driver. Minardi once again lag behind the other teams.
This table is listed in alphabetical order (drivers by surname).
Driver | km | Laps |
Fernando Alonso | 225.011 | 49.217 |
Luca Badoer | 304.336 | 67.227 |
Rubens Barrichello | 300.488 | 68.133 |
Olivier Beretta | 231.770 | 49.000 |
Matteo Bobbi | 84.105 | 21.000 |
Sebastien Bourdais | 132.840 | 30.000 |
Luciano Burti | 255.855 | 55.833 |
Jenson Button | 217.934 | 48.933 |
David Coulthard | 235.106 | 55.235 |
Cristiano da Matta | 241.297 | 49.000 |
Anthony Davidson | 262.262 | 56.200 |
Romain Dumas | 212.850 | 45.000 |
Ralph Firman | 210.481 | 48.000 |
Giancarlo Fisichella | 184.281 | 42.929 |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 326.924 | 71.625 |
Marc Gene | 274.746 | 61.706 |
Nick Heidfeld | 276.484 | 61.000 |
Vitantonio Liuzzi | 192.240 | 48.000 |
Michael Schumacher | 299.338 | 70.333 |
Allan McNish | 200.861 | 55.846 |
Felipe Massa | 147.610 | 49.600 |
Kosuke Matsuura | 141.696 | 32.000 |
Franck Montagny | 113.991 | 26.667 |
Tiago Monteiro | 189.200 | 40.000 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | 286.128 | 65.724 |
Dirk Muller | 212.850 | 45.000 |
Gary Paffett | 149.593 | 34.600 |
Olivier Panis | 229.427 | 47.276 |
Giorgio Pantano | 216.270 | 54.000 |
Antonio Pizzonia | 234.470 | 50.727 |
Ralf Schumacher | 278.860 | 62.739 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 250.500 | 60.211 |
Nico Rosberg | 175.010 | 37.000 |
Takuma Sato | 155.956 | 38.333 |
Jarno Trulli | 186.046 | 43.857 |
Jos Verstappen | 120.465 | 30.667 |
Jacques Villeneuve | 197.675 | 44.105 |
Mark Webber | 212.999 | 47.364 |
Justin Wilson | 118.128 | 31.000 |
Alex Wurz | 248.285 | 57.810 |
Sergei Zlobin | 118.148 | 29.500 |
Ricardo Zonta | 212.232 | 46.500 |
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Team | km | Laps |
BAR-Honda | 186.198 | 41.55 |
Ferrari | 281.208 | 64.36 |
Jaguar-Cosworth | 223.735 | 49.05 |
Jordan-Ford | 283.778 | 65.80 |
McLaren-Mercedes | 237.391 | 55.97 |
Minardi-European | 115.233 | 29.40 |
Renault | 199.831 | 47.08 |
Sauber-Petronas | 298.902 | 65.72 |
Toyota | 232.938 | 47.99 |
Williams-BMW | 273.630 | 62.03 |
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8. Tyre Wars
Finally, the battle of the two (well, it should be two) tyre companies. With the departure of Arrows, and Jordan not testing before building their new car for 2003, Bridgestone had only three teams at their disposal in November and December while Michelin had six teams out there running. Despite Minardi switching to Bridgestone and Jordan doing some decent running in February, the table still tends to reflect this imbalance, with Michelin's totals about two-thirds greater than Bridgestone's total in the categories of total distance and total laps, and almost 80% higher in driver days. Interestingly, when looking at the averages, Bridgestone runners have averaged slightly more running per driver day compared to their Michelin counterparts. Also included in this table is the running that Minardi did on Avon F3000 tyres when they were unable to get tyres from either Michelin or Bridgestone.
This table is also listed in alphabetical order.
Manufacturer | km | Laps | Driver Days | km/ Driver Day | Laps/ Driver Day |
Avon | 376.470 | 94 | 2 | 188.235 | 47.00 |
Bridgestone | 47765.259 | 10791 | 189 | 252.726 | 57.10 |
Michelin | 79782.136 | 17939 | 338 | 236.042 | 53.07 |