Barcelona Testing, Day 3,
Third and final day of testing for the Renault F1 Team this
week in Barcelona.
After two intensive days of testing ahead of the opening
race in two weeks, the Renault F1 Team concluded this week's
programme of running at the Circuit de Catalunya and spent
the final day practicing pit-stops and 2006-style qualifying.
Fernando Alonso was the first man to tackle the day's pit-stop
practice. Tyre changes, refuelling and wing changes were all
part of the drills that were run through to prepare for Bahrain.
After a dozen successful pit-stops, the Spaniard then conducted
a qualifying simulation to give the team a first taste of
this new challenge for 2006, both in terms of time management
and the strategies for managing it.
Giancarlo Fisichella followed an identical programme to his
team-mate, with a dozen pit-stops followed by a qualifying
simulation during the afternoon.
Fernando Alonso: "We have had an important
and productive week. We made good progress for the first race,
and now I want to see how we will perform in race conditions
against the competition. I am feeling confident, the car is
performing well and the team is more motivated than ever.
Giancarlo Fisichella: "I am pleased
with my week. I feel like we have worked well, and made good
progress with the car. We have been quick, and I am pleased
with my lap-times this week. I now want to go racing again,
and start the championship."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "This
was a very important week in terms of the results we obtained.
Once again, the cars ran extremely well without any major
technical incidents, and the drivers are pleased with the
car's performance. The entire race team was present today
for pit-stop practice, which was an important step and went
without a hitch. There are two more days of testing at Valencia
next week, and then we will have the opportunity to see exactly
what we are capable of in race conditions."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 ALONSO Renault 1 :14.085 96
2 BARRICHELLO Honda 1 :14.414 108
3 FISICHELLA Renault 1 :14.513 97
4 KLIEN Red Bull 1 :14.620 53
5 DAVIDSON Honda 1 :15.120 129
6 ROSBERG Williams 1 :15.838 41
7 TRULLI Toyota 1 :16.025 100
8 R.SCHUMACHER Toyota 1 :16.299 42
9 COULTHARD Red Bull 1 :16.676 5
10 WURZ Williams 1 :18.129 68
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