Jerez Test - Day two
FISICHELLA AND KLIEN PROGRESS WITH FORCE INDIA
5 December 2007 - Christian Klien joined Giancarlo Fisichella
for the second day of the Force India Formula One Team's test
at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain. In a highly productive day
of testing, the team was able to complete its programme, with
Christian setting the 7th fastest time of the 20 drivers on
track and Giancarlo the 9th quickest.
Both Giancarlo and Christian completed 188 laps in total
as they worked on general set-up, chassis development and
evaluation of the slick Bridgestone Potenza tyres. As per
yesterday's test, both drivers performed solidly over the
day and were very evenly matched as they pushed on with their
programmes. Klien was the quicker on slick tyres, while Giancarlo
was marginally faster on grooved.
Ralf Schumacher and Vitantonio Liuzzi will take over testing
duties for the team tomorrow, while Roldan Rodriguez and Giedo
van der Garde will finish the test for the team on Friday.
Team quotes
Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer
'A very productive second day of testing. We had no real mechanical
issues on the car and ran reliably all day, so despite several
red flags, we were able to complete our planned programme.
Giancarlo looked at general set-up work in the morning, followed
by some chassis and 2009 tyre evaluation work in the afternoon.
Christian joined us and similarly conducted general set-up
work in the morning and looked at some damper set-ups and,
again, the 2009 tyres. Once again we got excellent feedback
from both drivers and it was a very useful and enjoyable day.'
Giancarlo Fisichella
'It was a better day. We made some good progress and went
through the programme and had a step forward on the balance
of the car. I felt more comfortable today and was quite happy
with the grooved tyres, but when I went to the slicks there
was a lot of understeer. Unfortunately on my best lap there
was traffic, but overall a good day.'
Christian Klien
'It was a bit more difficult than in Barcelona as it was harder
to set up the car. We made some big set up changes that took
a bit of time, but I still managed to do 86 laps and had some
good experience on the slick tyres. We did a couple of laps
on those, which went quite well, and overall I think the whole
day was quite productive. We did quite a few changes and I
just got more used to it and to the team and, all in all,
I am very happy and think it was a positive test.'
Testing data
Driver: Giancarlo Fisichella & Christian Klien
Track: Circuit de Jerez, Spain
Best lap time: 1min 20.470 (Giancarlo) / 1min 20.187 (Christian)
Laps completed: 102 (Giancarlo), 86 (Christian)
Kilometres completed: 815km (442km Giancarlo / 373km Christian)
Air temperature: High of 20ºC
Track temperature: High of 25ºC
Weather: Misty in the early morning, again clearing to clear
blue skies
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