Jerez Testing, Day 1,
The Renault F1 Team began its final mid-season test today
in Jerez, with Heikki Kovalainen and Jose Maria Lopez at the
wheel.
This week's Jerez test marks the final opportunity for the
teams to test prior to the summer testing ban. In light of
this, 15 cars were in action in southern Spain, with the Renault
F1 Team represented by Heikki Kovalainen and Jose Maria Lopez.
Both drivers completed busy programmes. Heikki focused on
tyre testing throughout the day, both for longer-term development
and also work for the upcoming Hockenheim race. Jose Maria
ran for much of the day in low downforce configuration in
preparation for the race in Monza, and also conducted general
R&D work.
Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented: "We
had a normal, productive day of testing to open our week in
Jerez. Heikki ran through a pretty intensive tyre programme
and found some good solutions to take forward, both for Hockenheim
and for general development. Jose didn't have an easy task
today, running in low downforce configuration to put miles
on the car. With a less than optimum set-up for this circuit,
he kept the car on track and completed a useful R&D programme.
There were no major issues on either car, and we completed
over 200 laps in total – an encouraging mileage for
the opening day of a test."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 De la Rosa - McLaren - 1:17.547 - 85
2 Kovalainen - Renault - 1:18.029 - 128
3 Davidson - Honda- 1:18.200 - 107
4 Button - Honda - 1:18.273 - 92
5 Paffett - McLaren - 1:18.518 - 93
6 Kubica - BMW - 1:18.753 - 92
7 Doornbos - Red Bull - 1:18.982 - 52
8 Zonta - Toyota - 1:18.986 - 123
9 Wurz - Williams - 1:19.140 - 93
10 Panis - Toyota - 1:19.143 - 103
11 - Lopez - Renault - 1:19.394 - 87
12 - Coulthard - Red Bull - 1:19.459 - 65
13 - Heidfeld - BMW - 1:19.560 - 96
14 - Jani -Toro Rosso - 1:20.379 - 51
15 - Mondini - Midland - 1:21.041 - 85
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