Pedro News Opciones

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Well, here in this topic we will post English news about Pedro.

I start, copied from the Spanish Forum:

McLaren's third car is 'key'
Third driver believes that extra Friday running may be crucial for McLaren. By Jonathan Noble

McLaren third driver Pedro de la Rosa has told autosport.com that he believes the Woking-based team must make the most of its extra car on the Fridays of grand prix weekends if the team is to capitalise on the promise of its MP4-20.

The Mercedes Benz-powered team's 2005 challenger has been marked out as one of the pre-season favourites for victory in Melbourne, but de la Rosa is adamant that with rivals Renault showing as much speed in testing up until now, the third car could provide the added muscle needed to lift McLaren to the top.

Speaking to autosport.com about the team's chances for the year, a beaming de la Rosa could not hide his confidence about the MP4-20 and was eagerly awaiting getting on with his Friday role.

“We have made a very good car - that is the truth,” said de la Rosa. “And Michelin has made a very big step forward. We really have to take advantage of having the third car, which is my job. It's a lot of responsibility on me and I'm very happy to take that."

McLaren's dismal start to the 2004 campaign, where its MP4-19 was left struggling near the back of the field, meant the outfit could manage no better than fifth overall in the constructors' championship – even though the transformed MP4-19B helped Kimi Raikkonen win in Belgium.

That fifth placed finish means that McLaren qualifies to run the third car on the Friday of grand prix weekends throughout 2005 – a factor that could prove a massive advantage. Last year BAR benefitted from the input of Anthony Davidson with its third car.

De la Rosa added: "The car is very quick, and it's so driveable. You don't have to fight the car this year, and so far we haven't had any engine problems. Reliability is good. In terms of speed, Renault are on a par with us, so we have to be careful, but we are very well prepared for the season and let's see in Melbourne.”

[Pethead]

No problems Pca, thanx! Let´s hope that Pedro will drive the 3rd seat for the rest of this season. Good luck to him & Wurz this weekend!

[Monteverdi]

Huy! creo que me he equivocao.

Sorry.

"El amor es la única cosa que crece cuando se reparte" - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

[pca]

Buenísimo.

Very good.

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4/27/05

Pedro de la Rosa trains this week at Jerez

Pedro de la Rosa moves today to the Andalusian city of Jerez to begin tomorrow the two days of training that McLaren Mercedes has planned before the Grand Prix of Spain.

De la Rosa will be driving the MP4/20 along with Kimi Raikkonen to prepare the next event of the Formula 1 World Championship that will take place in the Circuit de Montmeló from the 6 to the 8 of May.

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4/28/05

Pedro de la Rosa obtains the third best time at Jerez

The Spanish driver of McLaren Mercedes has taken advantage of his first day of tests in the circuit of Jerez. De la Rosa has obtained the third best time, 1:17.514, being the driver who has covered more laps in the Andalusian track with a total of 140 laps.

1. Kimi Raikkonen Mclaren Mercedes (M) 1:16.923 53
2. Jarno Trulli Toyota (M) 1.17.502 73
3. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:17.514 140
4. Fernando Alonso Renault (M) 1:17.740 117
5. Franck Montagny Renault (M) 1:17.824 128
6. Olivier Panis Toyota (M) 1:18.568 51
7. Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull Racing (M) 1:19.891 41
8. David Coulthard Red Bull Racing (M) 1:20.116 46

Source of the times: Circuit of Jerez

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4/29/05

Pedro de la Rosa flies in Jerez

Pedro de la Rosa has obtained the best time of the day. Only 0.001 seconds more than the officious record of the Andalusian track in possession of the seven times world champion Michael Schumacher (1:15.650). De la Rosa has done a time of 1:15.651 and 129 laps, taking advantage of the two days of training that McLaren Mercedes has completed in Jerez. The Spanish driver has run between the two days more than 260 laps to the Andalusian track (nearly 1.200km).

1. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes(M) 1:15.651 129
2. Kimi Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:16.473 69
3. Fernando Alonso Renault (M) 1:16.492 97
4. David Coulthard Red Bull Racing (M) 1:17.026 138
5. Olivier Panis Toyota (M) 1:17.332 65
6. Ralf Schumacher Toyota (M) 1:17.405 61
7. Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull Racing (M) 1:17.566 92
8. Franck Montagny Renault (M) 1:18.430 61

Source of the times: Circuito de Jerez

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It’s de la Rosa again!
McLaren third man Pedro de la Rosa continued his charge in front of his home fans here today by finishing at the top of the leaderboard for the second consecutive hour of free practice here today, over a second faster than his nearest rival!

FP1:
1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:15.675 15
2 C. Klien Red Bull 1:16.821 25
3 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:17.047 12
4 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:17.574 14
5 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:17.851 7
6 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:17.977 7
7 R. Zonta Toyota 1:18.103 9
8 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:18.112 12
9 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:18.204 6
10 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:18.402 9

FP2:

1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:15.062 28
2 R. Zonta Toyota 1:16.220 34
3 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:16.527 30
4 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:16.586 17
5 J. Trulli Toyota 1:16.653 26
6 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:16.797 24
7 G. Fisichella Renault 1:17.200 24
8 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:17.264 24
9 F. Alonso Renault 1:17.356 24
10 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:17.555 10
11 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:17.702 22
12 F. Massa Sauber 1:17.931 24
13 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:18.042 22
14 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:18.336 27
15 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:18.444 26
16 C. Klien Red Bull 1:18.802 23

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5/15/05

Pedro de la Rosa trains tomorrow at Paul Ricard

Pedro de la Rosa will train tomorrow in the French circuit of Paul Ricard along with Alex Wurz to prepare the Grand Prix of Canada that will be celebrated on the 12th of June.

The team McLaren Mercedes will run in the configuration most similar to the circuit of Montreal, because it is the track more adapted to prepare this Grand Prix.

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5/13/05

Pedro de la Rosa the fastest at Paul Ricard

Pedro de la Rosa has been again the fastest driver in track this morning in the circuit of Paul Ricard in its configuration 1E. The Spanish driver has been preparing the Grand Prix of Canada that will be celebrated on the 12th of June in Montreal. He has made a time of 1:23.817 completing 48 laps.

Alex Wurz has suffered a spectacular accident without consequences so the teams have been testing in the evening in the shorter configuration 2E of the French track because the protections that the Austrian driver has hit were broken.

In the evening, Pedro has been seventh stopping the time in 1:01.667 after completing a total of 61 laps.

Morning times

1. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:23.817 48
2. Alex Wurz McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:23.936 39
3. Franck Montagny Renault (M) 1:23.982 60
4. Ricardo Zonta Toyota (M) 1:24.002 29
5. Heikki Kovalainen Renault (M) 1:24.474 88
6. Takuma Sato BAR Honda (M) 1:24.609 48
7. Jenson Button BAR Honda (M) 1:24.640 49
8. Olivier Panis Toyota (M) 1:25.134 23
9. David Coulthard Red Bull Racing (M) 1:25.341 47
10. Christian Klien Red Bull Racing (M) 1:25.948 73
11. Jacques Villeneuve Sauber Petronas (M) 1:27.01

Evening times

1. Takuma Sato BAR Honda (M) 1:00.744 131
2. Ricardo Zonta Toyota (M) 1:00.822 98
3. Olivier Panis Toyota (M) 1:00.933 65
4. Heikki Kovalainen Renault (M) 1:01.052 66
5. Franck Montagny Renault (M) 1:01.343 22
6. Jenson Button BAR Honda (M) 1:01.477 64
7. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:01.667 61
8. Christian Klien Red Bull Racing (M) 1:01.810 31
9. Jacques Villeneuve Sauber Petronas (M) 1:02.595 54
10. David Coulthard Red Bull Racing (M) 1:02.949 58

Not official times.

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05/29/05

Pedro de la Rosa will be third driver in the next two events

Pedro de la Rosa will return to be third driver in these two races, Canada and USA, to help McLaren Mercedes to reduce the advantage obtained today in Nürburgring by the Renault team.

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5/31/05

Pedro de la Rosa prepares the GP of Canada in Silverstone

Pedro de la Rosa moves today to the English circuit of Silverstone to prepare the Grand Prix of Canada in the private testing sessions that McLaren Mercedes will develop this week.

The Spanish driver will take the controls of the MP4/20 on Wednesday and Friday.

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6/1/05

Pedro de la Rosa the fastest of Silverstone

The Spanish driver of McLaren Mercedes has obtained the best time of the day of today in the English circuit of Silverstone. McLaren Mercedes will continue tomorrow with the private tests with the incorporation of Kimi Raikkonen, who will replace Juan Pablo Montoya.

The cars have run in dry this morning, whereas in the evening it has rained with intensity.

1. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:19.739 63
2. Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:20.475 22
3. Nick Heidfeld Williams BMW (M) 1:22.044 45
4. Christian Klien Red Bull Cosworth (M) 1:22.563 32
5. Luca Badoer Ferrari ( 1:22.930 23
6. Narain Karthikeyan Jordan Toyota ( 1:23.283 35
7. Nico Rosberg Williams BMW (M) 1:24.097 40

Not official times.

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6/2/05

De la Rosa marks the second best time at Silverstone

Pedro de la Rosa has obtained today the second best time of the day. His team-mate Kimi Raikkonen has done the best time. Tomorrow Juan Pablo Montoya will replace the Spanish driver.

Tomorrow it will be the last day of tests.

1. Kimi Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:18.144 103
2. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:19.212 72
3. Giancarlo Fisichella Renault (M) 1:19.286 101
4. Jenson Button BAR Honda (M) 1:19.601 99
5. Fernando Alonso Renault (M) 1:19.769 87
6. David Coulthard Red Bull Cosworth (M) 1:19.773 72
7. Jarno Trulli Toyota (M) 1:19.983 108
8. Takuma Sato BAR Honda (M) 1:20.135 166
9. Rubens Barrichello Ferrari ( 1:20.276 79
10. Christian Klien Red Bull Cosworth (M) 1:20.542 96
11. Ralf Schumacher Toyota (M) 1:20.654 68
12. Nick Heidfeld Williams BMW (M) 1:20.947 93
13. Mark Webber Williams BMW (M) 1:21.085 79
14. Tiago Monteiro Jordan Toyota (M) 1:23.236 105

Not official times.

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McLaren will give second tester Pedro de la Rosa another turn at the 'Friday' wheel in North America. The Spaniard is scheduled to take over from Alex Wurz, third driver at Monaco and last weekend, during free practice from the Canadian grand prix.

McLaren will give second tester Pedro de la Rosa another turn at the 'Friday' wheel in North America. The Spaniard is scheduled to take over from Alex Wurz, third driver at Monaco and last weekend, during free practice from the Canadian grand prix.

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06/23/05

Pedro de la Rosa trains tomorrow at Jerez

Pedro de la Rosa moves today to the Andalusian track of Jerez to replace tomorrow the also test driver Alex Wurz in the last day of tests that McLaren Mercedes develops this week. De la Rosa will prepare along with Kimi Raikkonen the next Grands Prix of France and England that will be celebrated the 3rd and the 10th of July, respectively.

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07/15/2005

PEDRO DE LA ROSA FLIES AT JEREZ

Pedro de la Rosa has obtained today the best time in the last day of tests of this week in Jerez. The Spanish driver has stopped the time in 1:16.929 and has made a total of 65 laps at the Andalusian track, being the only driver of the session that has been in times of 1:16. De la Rosa has finalized the program of tests planned by McLaren Mercedes in substitution of Kimi Raikkonen who has not been able to move to Jerez by stomach problems.

1. Pedro de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:16.929 65
2. Nick Heidfeld Williams BMW (M) 1:17.250 80
3. Ricardo Zonta Toyota (M) 1:17.259 131
4. Alex Wurz McLaren Mercedes (M) 1:17.350 119
5. Franck Montagny Renault (M) 1:17.359 144
6. Takuma Sato BAR Honda (M) 1:17.383 116
7. Anthony Davidson BAR Honda (M) 1:17.548 119
8. Jacques Villeneuve Sauber (M) 1:17.604 94
9. Heikki Kovalainen Renault (M) 1:17.672 91
10. David Coulthard Red Bull (M) 1:17.855 56
11. Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull (M) 1:18.173 88
12. Ralf Schumacher Toyota (M) 1:18.973 47
13. Enrique Bernoldi BAR Honda 1:21.197 57
14. Olivier Panis Toyota (M) 1:21.314 45

Source: Circuito de Jerez

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31/7/05 (from American to UK English )

Pedro will be the third McLaren driver at Turkey

Pedro de la Rosa will practise of third driver in the next Grand Prix that will be celebrated in Turkey the 21st of August in this new circuit with great ramps in which the dust and the logical ignorance of the track will be the main enemies of the drivers.

[pca]

I think it's a better headline:

Pedro will be McLaren's third driver at Turkey

Sorry.

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30/8/05

Pedro will be McLaren's third driver in Italy

PEDRO DE LA ROSA

"As a result of it's unique characteristics, Monza is a challenging track to get right set-up wise, so I will be conducting some additional work in this area with Kimi and Juan Pablo on Friday. We had a good test with Michelin last week at Monza, completing much of the tyre selection programme."

Source: www.mclaren.com

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12/9/05

Pedro will be testing this week in Silverstone

According to McLaren's official website Pedro and his teammate Alex Wurz will be testing on Tuesday and Wednesday.