Barcelona Test - Day two
LIUZZI TAKES OVER IN BARCELONA
02 February 2008 - Tonio Liuzzi today continued the Force
India Formula One Team's programme on the second day of the
three-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain. After a
particularly productive opening day yesterday, which saw Giancarlo
Fisichella record the fourth quickest time of the 15-man field,
Tonio had a more difficult session today as, after running
reliably on Friday, the car unfortunately developed some mechanical
issues today.
Tonio's programme followed on from Giancarlo's, as he ran
through set-up and work on engine installation and cooling,
however with a clutch and driveline problem interrupting running,
the Italian struggled to find a good rhythm and match yesterday's
relative pace. He nevertheless completed 61 laps of the Spanish
track with a best lap of 1min 24.263.
Adrian Sutil will conclude the test tomorrow.
Team quotes
Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer
'Today was a much more difficult day as we had a couple of
mechanical issues, first with a clutch problem and then a
driveshaft failure, and we couldn't quite get temperatures
in the rear tyres so our apologies to Tonio for the disrupted
running. Tonio also struggled with the balance, so we need
to do more work with him to get more out of the car.'
Tonio Liuzzi
'Overall another long day with a few issues, but that is normal
as we are testing some new parts and it is part of the course.
Unfortunately we couldn't complete a lot of kilometres, which
makes it difficult to get into the rhythm and get used to
the car, but although it was a difficult day we did get some
good information that we can carry forward for the next test.'
Testing data
Driver: Tonio Liuzzi
Track: Circuit de Catalunya, Spain
Best lap time: 1min 24.263
Laps completed: 61
Kilometres completed: 284km
Air temperature: High of 12ºC
Track temperature: High of 12ºC
Weather: Milder than yesterday, some rain
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