Monza Testing, Day 1
Day one of testing in Monza for the Renault F1 Team after
the British Grand Prix last weekend.
To prepare for the American campaign, the Renault F1 Team
is testing in Monza for three days this week with Giancarlo
Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen at the wheel of the R26.
The two Renault drivers began their programme at the Italian
track with some set-up work to prepare for the next race in
Canada in two weeks' time.
Giancarlo Fisichella was responsible for engine development
today and his results seemed encouraging. As he covered 98
laps without any major problem, the Italian showed a good
level of performance on this track he really enjoys and set
the fastest laptime of 1'23.647 at the end of the session.
His teammate Heikki Kovalainen remained focused on tyre testing
with our partner Michelin this afternoon to prepare for the
US Grand Prix. Once again, the directions seemed interesting
and will be confirmed later this week. For his first day of
testing, the Finn set the third-fastest laptime in 1'23.739
and covered 110 laps.
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "Our
first day was really satisfying and we already completed the
first half of our tyre testing. We noticed interesting results
of the new package we would like to use for the Canadian GP.
The car worked pretty well and the drivers seemed happy with
the testing we completed. Giancarlo has a very good experience
on this track and Heikki did his first session in F1 in Monza
today. He was really efficient what is very satisfying as
well."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 FISICHELLA Renault 1'23.647 98
2 HEIDFELD BMW 1'23.647 107
3 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'23.739 110
4 ROSBERG Williams 1'23.811 69
5 KUBICA BMW 1'24.326 79
6 ZONTA Toyota 1'24.656 64
7 DAVIDSON Honda 1'24.767 125
8 PANIS Toyota 1'25.424 83
9 ROSSITER Honda 1'25.529 117
10 WURZ Williams 1'26.994 21
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