• Jerez Test Day Two

Mercedes must keep pushing - Schumacher

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Michael Schumacher had a successful day behind the wheel of the Mercedes on Friday © Sutton Images
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Michael Schumacher has encouraged Mercedes to keep pushing after he set the fastest time of the Jerez test on Friday.

At the start of a ten lap run, Schumacher clocked a 1:20.352 on super-soft tyres to go to the top of the pile. In total he notched up an impressive 112 laps at the wheel of the W02 and later declared the day a success.

""It clearly was a productive day, and obviously I am happy about that," Schumacher said. "We were focusing on long runs and being able to produce such a lot of mileage is positive in terms of reliability.

"It also gives us good data for the test days to come and for the developments we are working on. We are moving forward as we should during the testing period but at the same time, we are aware we have to keep pushing."

The Mercedes will receive a major update for the Bahrain test in two weeks time.

Times

Driver Car Time Laps
1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes W02 1:20.352 112
2. Felipe Massa Ferrari F150th Italia 1:20.413 116
3. Jenson Button McLaren MP4-26 1:21.009 69
4. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR6 1:21.214 72
5. Mark Webber Red Bull RB7 1:21.613 113
6. Adrian Sutil Force India VJM-04 1:21.780 73
7. Sergio Perez Sauber C30 1:21.857 56
8. Timo Glock Virgin MVR-02 1:22.208 57
9. Vitaly Petrov Renault R31 1:22.493 65
10. Pastor Maldonado Williams FW33 1:22.591 37
10. Jarno Trulli Lotus T128 1:23.216 40

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