Final day of testing for the Renault F1 Team in Barcelona.
The Renault F1 Team finished today its three day testing
programme in Barcelona. For the final day, Giancarlo Fisichella
and Heikki Kovalainen were at the wheel of two R26 chassis
and covered 218 laps.
For his second day in chassis R26-04, Giancarlo Fisichella
remained focused on set up changes and tyre development with
our partner Michelin. He completed his programme without any
problems and set the second-fastest laptime in 1'14'305.
Back on track today, Heikki Kovalainen completed a substantial
tyre programme and completed numerous long runs this afternoon
to analyse the new Michelin products in these conditions.
The team seemed to be very pleased by the results of this
testing session. The Finn was once again very competitive
and finally set the fastest laptime in 1'13.928.
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "It was a successful
conclusion to our test. We worked well with good progress
on the tyres in particular. The team did a great job throughout
this session and worked all the hours needed to get the job
done. We will continue developing the chassis and the aerodynamics
of the car for the next races and we will be on track at Silverstone
in two weeks to continue our development programme. We all
know that these test sessions are a vital part of winning
races afterwards!"
The test team will be on track at Silverstone from the 25th
until the 27th April.
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'13.928 131
2 FISICHELLA Renault 1'14.305 87
3 TRULLI Toyota 1'14.676 86
4 BUTTON Honda 1'14.710 128
5 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1'14.722 77
6 RAIKKONEN McLaren 1'14.761 100
7 MONTOYA McLaren 1'14.885 32
8 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'15.021 56
9 MASSA Ferrari 1'15.212 74
10 VILLENEUVE BMW 1'15.315 90
11 WEBBER Williams 1'15.344 84
12 DAVIDSON Honda 1'15.571 63
13 KUBICA BMW 1'15.791 88
14 R.SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'16.034 67
15 WURZ Williams 1'17.738 20
16 SATO Aguri 1'19.512 12
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