Valencia Testing, Day 2
The Renault F1 Team completed its final day of winter testing
before departure for Bahrain, today in Valencia.
After more than a month's testing in Spain, the Renault F1
Team today completed its winter test programme ahead of the
start of the 2006 season in Bahrain.
Heikki Kovalainen was at the wheel to conclude the team's
2006 winter programme. It was a productive day, as the Finn
completed a 126 lap programme, and was pleased with his performance.
His running consisted of ten medium distance runs, conducting
tyre testing for Michelin.
Overall, this was an important final day ahead of the season
opening race, and the team is now looking forward to assessing
its competitiveness in race conditions.
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "This
was a very good final day of testing. The car was running
well, and we completed a major tyre development programme,
which means we can go to the first races in good shape. Heikki
did a great job again today, and gave us very good feedback
on our work. The team is really pleased with the work we have
done so far. We have made good progress, and everybody has
worked extremely hard to be as ready as possible for the start
of the season. It is important to say a big thank-you to every
member of the test team for the hard work they have done over
the last eight weeks."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 KOVALAINEN Renault 1:10.436 126
2 DAVIDSON Honda 1:10.541 144
3 RAIKKONEN McLaren 1:10.814 74
4 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1:10.843 107
5 ROSBERG Williams 1:11.265 68
6 WEBBER Williams 1:11.569 86
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