Monza Testing, Day 2
Day two for the Renault F1 Team in Monza.
The Renault F1 Team continued its development programme today
in Monza, ahead of the forthcoming Italian Grand Prix –
one of the most eagerly awaited rounds of the 2006 world championship
battle.
In spite of nearly ten red flags during the day, the Renault
F1 Team completed a busy programme of 198 laps with the two
cars, and was pleased with the results.
Giancarlo Fisichella's second day of testing saw him continue
the tyre programme he had commenced on Tuesday. He focused
on his work with Michelin, and made the most of goods track
conditions to conduct a productive programme. He worked on
longer runs during the afternoon to evaluate the tyres' endurance,
having looked at performance this morning and yesterday. Fisico
was pleased with the results of the test at the end of the
day, having finished second with a lap of 1:22.262.
Fernando Alonso's first day of testing saw the World Champion
focus on chassis set-up in the morning to acclimatize himself
to the unusual Monza circuit. After this, he worked on tyres
as well, given that their performance will be a key performance
factor in next week's race. He set fourth fastest time with
a lap of 1:22.312.
Chief Test Engineer, Christian Silk: "We
did a big tyre programme, and even though the circuit is still
changing a lot, we are pleased with the results and with the
direction we are moving in. This is important work for next
week, especially because we don't often test at Monza and
because this is the first test back after the summer break.
We need another productive programme tomorrow, but this was
a good day's work."
Fernando Alonso and Heikki Kovalainen will be in action tomorrow
for the final day of testing.
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 KUBICA BMW 1'22.245 76
2 FISICHELLA Renault 1'22.262 108
3 MASSA Ferrari 1'22.268 74
4 ALONSO Renault 1'22.312 90
5 ROSBERG Williams 1'22.447 71
6 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1'22.637 60
7 BUTTON Honda 1'22.642 105
8 HEIDFELD BMW 1'22.652 72
9 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'22/966 74
10 TRULLI Toyota 1'23.256 37
11 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'23.325 50
12 ZONTA Toyota 1'23.534 49
13 SPEED Toro Rosso 1'23.607 48
14 KLIEN Red Bull 1'23.796 43
15 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1'23.908 70
16 PAFFET McLaren 1'23.941 43
17 WEBBER Williams 1'24.127 103
18 COULTHARD Red Bull 1'24.363 84
19 ALBERS MidlandF1 1'24.902 65
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