Silverstone Testing, Day 2
Day 2 at Silverstone for the Renault F1 Team with
its two race drivers.
The Renault F1 Team completed its second day of Silverstone
testing today in preparation for the British Grand Prix. The
team had a productive day with its two race drivers at the
wheel of the R26.
Thanks to good weather conditions, Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo
Fisichella, who began his test programme today, mainly focused
on set up changes during the morning and tyre development
in the afternoon with our partner Michelin.
They both achieved high mileage with 94 laps for Fernando
and 116 laps for Giancarlo. In spite of some small mechanical
problems at the end of the afternoon, the team was pleased
with its work and the performances of the Renault drivers
as they set the fastest lap-times in 1:18.634 for Alonso and
1:18.972 for his team-mate.
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "The
weather conditions were much better today which allowed us
to have a productive day. We looked at set-up changes in the
morning and then focused on tyre development to make up for
running time we lost yesterday. We obtained good results and
the drivers were very pleased with the car and its behaviour.
We will continue our programme tomorrow for our last day at
Silverstone".
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 ALONSO Renault 1 ;18.634 94
2 FISICHELLA Renault 1 :18.972 116
3 BUTTON Honda 1 :19.385 134
4 MONTOYA McLaren 1 :19.415 70
5 RAIKKONEN McLaren 1 :19.550 37
6 ROSBERG Williams 1 :19.649 72
7 BARRICHELLO Honda 1:19.693 108
8 WEBBER Williams 1:20.189 72
9 SPEED Toro Rosso 1:20.497 105
10 KUBICA BMW 1:20.550 52
11 VILLENEUVE BMW 1:20.666 72
12 COULTHARD Red Bull 1:20.975 24
13 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1:21.066 41
14 MONTEIRO Midland F1 1 :21.782 85
15 HEIDFELD BMW 1:21.872 30
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