LMS Test, Paul Ricard - Schedule
And News Snippets

This is the provisional schedule for the test weekend at Le Castellet:

Saturday 07.03.09
13:00 Paddock open for all teams testing on both days ("LM" P1 teams from 10.00 am)
19:00 Technical briefing - Mandatory (2 persons per team) - Conference Room, 2nd floor
00:00 Paddock closes

Sunday 08.03.09
07:00 Main entrance and paddock opens
08:30 Drivers' meeting - Mandatory - Conference Room, 2nd floor
09:30 Opening of the track
12:30 14:30 Lunch at the Mistral Hall
13:30 End of the morning session
13:35 14:15 Pit Walk and autograph session
14:30 Re-opening of the track
18:30 End of the session except for the teams running a night testing
18:45 Begining of the night session
19:00 22:00 Dinner (Booking is mandatory / Deadline: 3pm)
00:00 End of the night session

Monday 09.03.09
07:00 09:00 Continental breakfast (Booking is mandatory / Deadline: 8.00pm the day before)
08:30 Drivers' meeting - Mandatory for the drivers that haven't driven on the 8th - Conference Room
09:00 Opening of the track
12:30 14:30 Lunch at the Mistral Hall
13:00 End of the morning session
13:00 Press conference - GP Hall
14:00 Re-opening of the track
17:00 End of the session for all teams
21:00 Paddock closes - All teams must have left

News snippets:

Mike Jankowski was a bit put out by our suggestion in the preview that the benchmark for AMR this weekend would be the Charouz time from 2008, given that the fastest non-petrol time at that test was by the Creation CA07 AIM. DSC's suggestion was that the car that the 2009 Lola Aston Martin is derived from would naturally be the benchmark, but Mike's point is perfectly valid and we're happy to revise the target time to 1:41.797.

Chris Dyson is a late addition to the weekend's activities, as he tries out the RLM Lola Mazda ahead of his Le Mans drive; but sadly Virgo Motorsport will be absent - not through any financial or technical reason, but because of a family illness for one of its drivers.