Jerez Testing, Day 3
Final day in Jerez for the Renault F1 Team.
The Renault F1 Team concluded today its final test session
before the end of the year. It was once again a busy week
for the French team: thanks to an excellent reliability on
both cars - which enabled the team to easily complete its
programme – Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella
covered over 2 500 kilometres.
The objective this week was clear: the Renault drivers had
to evaluate the reliability level of the new 2007 gear box
and also to continue working with Bridgestone in order to
understand the wear of behaviour of the new envelops and their
impact on the R26 set-up. Both cars this week were equipped
with the new gear box and the team was satisfied with its
reliability.
Today, Giancarlo Fisichella and his young team mate remained
focused on tyre testing in order to evaluate the wear of the
new envelops through long runs. Both drivers were able to
complete their programme with no major problem. This session
provided the team with interesting data. It also gave the
French team a foretaste of the Bridgestone tyres behaviour.
At the end of the day, with 200 laps covered, Heikki Kovalainen
set the second-fastest laptime in 1:19.573 and Giancarlo Fisichella
is P3 in 1:19.801.
Giancarlo Fisichella
"This was a good conclusion to a productive session.
The data we gathered will definitely help us for our work
in 2007. I am now more comfortable with the new tyres. I am
quite satisfied with our week."
Heikki Kovalainen
"It's been a good day for me today and my results seem
interesting. Everybody worked hard once again today. We need
to analyse the data in order to be ready in January to start
testing with the new car. These last sessions gave us a good
view on different areas such as the tyres and the new gear
box".
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer
"We had a good final day of testing. We completed lots
of miles once again and the gear box seems very reliable up
to know, which is always quite satisfying for a new part.
Everybody worked hard these past few weeks, we are on schedule
and we are now ready to start working on the new car."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 HAMILTON McLaren 1'19.502 97
2 HEIKKI Renault 1'19.573 92
3 FISICO Renault 1'19.801 108
4 ROSSITER Honda 1'19.829 116
5 ALONSO McLaren 1'19.866 90
6 KUBICA BMW 1'19.888 120
7 BADOER Ferrari 1'19.900 38
8 VETTEL BMW 1'20.055 111
9 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'20.187 72
10 SATO Super Aguri 1'20.856 115
11 GENE Ferrari 1'21.008 96
12 BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1'21.265 94
13 WURZ Williams 1'21.370 63
14 ANDRETTI Honda 1'21.873 62
15 SPEED Toro Rosso 1'23.323 15
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