GP2 winter test schedule confirmed.
Three dates have been set for the GP2 teams - and any potential newcomers - to begin their preparations for the 2006 season, with the series' adopted home at Paul Ricard being joined by the Circuito de Jerez on the winter schedule.
Three dates have been set for the GP2 teams - and any potential newcomers - to begin their preparations for the 2006 season, with the series' adopted home at Paul Ricard being joined by the Circuito de Jerez on the winter schedule.
No sooner will the champagne have dried and the cars returned home from the 2005 finale in Bahrain, than the winter season will begin in earnest, with just over a week between the final race of the inaugural campaign and the first two-day test at Paul Ricard. The French venue will stage the first of three official two-day tests, with the teams running once a month October and December.
The testing season will begin over 11-12 October at Ricard, with Jerez (9-10 November) sandwiched by a second outing in the south of France on the 1-2 December.
The tests will provide a first opportunity for the teams to test new components and upgrades -thought to include revised aerodynamics and possibly slick tyres, scheduled for introduction in 2006, as well as running prospective drivers for the second season of the series.
