Jerez Test - Day two
SUTIL TAKES OVER FOR DAY TWO
Adrian Sutil took over from Tonio Liuzzi today for the second
day of the Force India Formula One Team's three day test at
the Circuit de Jerez, Spain.
The German followed on from Tonio's good progress yesterday,
however with high winds sweeping the track throughout the
day, Adrian's planned programme was interrupted as he struggled
to find a good balance with the gusty winds.
Adrian concentrated instead on race simulations, starts and
putting more mileage on the new parts tested yesterday, completing
86 laps with no major mechanical problems.
Giancarlo Fisichella will conclude the test tomorrow.
Team quotes
Dominic Harlow, chief race and test engineer
'After Tonio worked yesterday on the braking system and gearbox
development, there was no real balance to be found today because
the wind was simply too strong, so the team concentrated on
race simulations and system checks as the remaining laps of
testing before the first race of 2008 are counting down rapidly.'
Adrian Sutil
'Even though the weather today was clear, the winds were so
strong that it was difficult to do any real work on set-up
as we had planned. Sometimes the balance was good, sometimes
it was bad and you just couldn't tell very much from the laps.
We still managed to do 86 laps though with no mechanical problems,
which is useful, particularly after we had a shortened day
last time.'
Testing data
Driver: Adrian Sutil
Track: Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Best lap time: 1min 22.244
Laps completed: 86
Kilometres completed 373km
Air temperature: High of 20ºC
Track temperature: High of 24ºC
Weather: Dry & sunny but very windy all day
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