Day two of testing in Spain for the Renault F1 Team.
The Renault F1 Team today continued its work at the Catalan
circuit, concentrating on learning about the Bridgestone tyres.
A mid-morning rain shower slightly delayed the team's work,
but they were nevertheless able to collect a large amount
of interesting data.
Heikki Kovalainen concentrated on tyre testing in order to
continue the learning process with the Bridgestone tyres.
The young Finn also conducted tests with different helmet
tyres to evaluate their impact on air intake pressure. By
the end of the day, he had completed 52 laps with a fastest
time of 1:18.752.
His young team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. continued to work on
a programme designed to asses how set-up changes affected
tyre performance. Once again, the aim was to collect as much
information as possible with a view to the coming season.
In parallel, Nelsinsho's goal was to run as many laps as possible
in order to continue with the reliability programme on 2007
components such as the new 2007 gearbox that has been running
on the R26-05 ‘hybrid' chassis. The young Brazilian
set the tenth fastest time at the end of the day in 1:18.307,
and completed 82 laps of the Spanish circuit.
Heikki Kovalainen
"We have a heavy workload at this sessions and a lot
to learn, firstly about the tyres of course but also about
how they affect the handling of the car. We are making good
progress and collecting important data, which is our main
objective for the week."
Nelson Piquet Jr.
"I had another good day, doing lots of laps without any
problems, which is very positive for me and is allowing me
to continue learning with the team. I am trying to make the
most of each session to get to know better the people I ma
working with, and to get some reference points. We will continue
our work tomorrow because there's still lots left to do!"
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer
"This was a very positive day for our reliability testing.
We completed a substantial programme and collected a lot of
data, particularly about the Bridgestone tyres. There is still
a long way to go with our work, and we are aware of that,
but that is the whole point of coming testing at this stage
of the winter."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 MASSA Ferrari 1'16.407 77
2 BADOER Ferrari 1'16.856 68
3 HEIDFELD BMW 1'17.152 72
4 PANIS Toyota 1'17.382 67
5 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1'17.586 76
6 KUBICA BMW 1'17.742 37
7 HAMILTON McLaren 1'17.758 50
8 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'17.925 94
9 WEBBER Red Bull 1'18.258 22
10 PIQUET Renault 1'18.307 82
11 DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1'18.371 83
12 KLIEN Honda 1'18.385 75
13 COULTHARD Red Bull 1'18.526 71
14 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'18.749 85
15 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'18.752 52
16 WURZ Williams 1'18.882 52
17 SPEED Toro Rosso 1'19.110 50
18 KOBAYASHI Toyota 1'20.602 84
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