Barcelona Testing, Day 1
Day 1 of three at Barcelona for the Renault F1 Team.
The Renault F1 Team is back on track this week for three
days in Barcelona, to continue its testing and development
programme.
At the wheel of the R26, Fernando Alonso and Heikki Kovalainen
prepared the forthcoming European races and particularly on
preparations for the Spanish GP in less than four weeks' time.
As conditions were close to what we can expect for the Spanish
GP, the team worked to analyse the behaviour of the R26/RS26
package for the Spanish event on 14 May.
Fernando Alonso, who will be driving for two days this week
(today and tomorrow), worked on set up and tyre development.
His programme was interrupted by electronic problems, which
meant he completed a restricted number of laps, but these
will be resolved for tomorrow.
Heikki Kovalainen completed significant mileage as he worked
through his programme to assist the team's race preparation.
He also focused on set-up and tyre development during his
first day of running this week.
The Finn will be back in action on Friday, with Giancarlo
Fisichella driving alongside Fernando Alonso tomorrow.
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "We
made good progress today with Heikki's car. He adapted to
the car and circuit quickly morning, which was important as
he had not tested here for quite a while. We confirmed the
set-up improvements we had found in previous tests, and he
got through a lot of tyre work. Fernando was also very productive
in the laps he was able to run. Electrical problems limited
his running, but we nevertheless had a positive day overall."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'14.952 141
2 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'15.140 105
3 ALONSO Renault 1'15.250 46
4 DAVIDSON Honda 1'15.350 113
5 ZONTA Toyota 1'15.428 84
6 COULTHARD Red Bull 1'15.681 99
7 WEBBER Williams 1'15.708 82
8 KLIEN Red Bull 1'15.757 80
9 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'15.769 103
10 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1'15.773 77
11 MASSA Ferrari 1'15.854 108
12 HEIDFELD BMW 1'15.910 68
13 RAIKKONEN McLaren 1'15.943 29
14 ROSBERG Williams 1'15.963 51
15 KUBICA BMW 1'15.972 86
16 GENE Ferrari 1'16.448 112
17 PANIS Toyota 1'16.808 65
18 SATO Super Aguri 1'19.337 77
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