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Lap record continues to tumble at Barcelona
But this time it’s Jenson Button who breaks it [22/01/04 - 18:36]

For the third successive day the lap record at Barcelona tumbled. But
this time it wasn’t Ralf Schumacher and the Williams FW26 that
shattered the record. Instead it was BAR’s Jenson Button.

The Brit completed 85 laps of the Circuit de Catalunya and put in a
best lap time of 1:14.607. Button’s fastest lap was 1.013 seconds
quicker than Ralf Schumacher’s lap record, which he set on Wednesday.

Michael Schumacher came the closest to beating Button, however, he
wasn’t anywhere ‘close’ to the BAR driver. Schumacher’s best time on
his return to testing was a 1:15.410. The Ferrari driver completed 95
laps. Renault’s Fernando Alonso was third quickest, putting in a
marathon 102 laps at the Spanish circuit. Ralf Schumacher followed
him, while Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer completed the top six.

Times:
J. Button - BAR Honda - 1'14.607 (85 laps)
M. Schumacher - Ferrari - 1'15.410 (95 laps)
F. Alonso - Renault - 1'15.506 (102 laps)
R. Schumacher - Williams BMW - 1'15.736 (63 laps)
L. Badoer - Ferrari - 1'15.767 (86 laps)
M. Gené - Williams BMW - 1'15.820 (46 laps)
JP. Montoya - Williams BMW - 1'16.251 (97 laps)
O. Panis - Toyota - 1'16.507 (98 laps)
G. Fisichella - Sauber Petronas - 1'16.529 (66 laps)
T. Sato - BAR Honda - 1'16.560 (90 laps)
M. Webber - Jaguar -1'17.173 (144 laps)
F. Montagny - Renault - 1'17.447 (130 laps)
N. Heidfeld - Jordan Ford - 1'17.530 (49 laps)
C. Klien - Jaguar - 1'18.029 (46 laps)
R. Briscoe - Toyota - 1'18.106 (62 laps)
T. Glock - Jordan Ford - 1'18.236 (36 laps)

Mich FOSTER
CAPSIS International