Скачать или смотреть 2006 February 1 & 2 - Valentino Rossi test Ferrari F2004 @ Valencia

After some test held privately, Valentino Rossi had his first test alongside much of the championship drivers a Valencia on February 1st and 2nd, 2006.

Rossi was driving a "F2004 fitted with a V10 engine limited to reproduce the conditions set out in this year's regulations" which means that his car was significantly different to the V8 powered 2006 spec machines driven by the majority of drivers present.

On Wednesday 1st, the doctor's best lap (out of 53) was a 1min 12.851secs - leaving the seven times motorcycling world champion within 1.622secs of fastest man, and reigning F1 world champion, Fernando Alonso of Renault. He was also just over a one second slower than seven times world champion, and Ferrari team leader, Michael Schumacher.

Thursday's saw Rossi reduce his best lap time to a 1min 12.362secs - again after 53 laps - which was good enough for 12th on the revised driver line-up. Alonso was again fastest, but Rossi was now within 1.5secs of the Spaniard - and, most impressively, just 0.711secs from Schumacher

Here's the time for February 2:
1. Fernando Alonso / Renault-Renault / 1m 10.904s / 90 laps
2. Jenson Button / Honda-Honda / 1m 10.907s / 85 laps
3. Felipe Massa / Ferrari-Ferrari / 1m 11.284s / 49 laps
4. Anthony Davidson / Honda-Honda / 1m 11.573s / 124 laps
5. Michael Schumacher / Ferrari-Ferrari / 1m 11.649s / 42 laps
6. Christian Klien / Red Bull-Ferrari / 1m 11.769s / 66 laps
7. Heikki Kovalainen / Renault-Renault / 1m 12.011s / 84 laps
8. Jacques Villeneuve / BMW-Sauber / 1m 12.179s / 102 laps
9. Ralf Schumacher / Toyota-Toyota / 1m 12.192s / 82 laps
10. Alex Wurz / Williams-Cosworth / 1m 12.246s / 82 laps
11. Nico Rosberg / Williams-Cosworth / 1m 13.313s / 60 laps
12. Valentino Rossi / Ferrari-Ferrari / 1m 12.360s / 52 laps
13. Pedro de la Rosa / McLaren-Mercedes / 1m 12.455s / 89 laps
14. Juan Montoya / McLaren-Mercedes / 1m 12.488s / 58 laps
15. Jarno Trulli / Toyota-Toyota / 1m 12.525s / 66 laps
16. Robert Kubica / BMW-Sauber / 1m 12.812s / 42 laps