Barcelona Testing, Day 3
Third and final day of testing for the Renault F1
Team in Barcelona.
The Renault F1 Team concluded its testing programme for the
week this afternoon in Barcelona. This first session of the
06/07 winter schedule saw the team makes its debut running
Bridgestone tyres ahead of the coming season. After three
days of extensive running, in which the drivers completed
nearly 2500 km, the world champions were pleased with the
work they had accomplished, and with the information collected
on the Japanese tyres.
Heikki Kovalainen ran the new 2007 gearbox for the first
time today, taking over those duties from his young team-mate.
The team's priority was on driver feeling and feedback with
the new unit destined for race use in the coming season. Heikki
was pleased with his day's work, setting second-fastest time
of the day in 1:16.609 and completing 117 laps. His time was
the third fastest of the entire week's testing.
Across the garage, Nelson Piquet Jr. focused on tyre testing
and their impact on set-up. The young Brazilian completed
his programme without problem, and continued to settle in
to the team. He finished the day eighth on the timesheets
after 95 laps and a best time of 1:17.428.
Heikki Kovalainen
"This was a good final day for the team. I am pleased
because we made good progress this week, and worked very hard
on all three days. This is a good starting point, and we have
a long winter's work ahead of us, starting next week in Jerez."
Nelson Piquet Jr.
"These three days of testing were very interesting for
me, both in terms of continuing my learning process about
Formula 1 and for settling in to the team. I feel at ease
now, I am starting to get to know the team and I think I made
good progress this week. I now need to continue the same way."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer
"This was a good last day of testing. When we arrived
in Barcelona, our main aim was to understand how to run the
car, in collaboration with our new partner Bridgestone. We
achieved that, which is very positive. The whole team put
in a lot of effort this week, working late into the night
to prepare the cars and analyse the data. And I think the
progress we have made over the three days shows the effort
was worth it. We will now continue in the same direction,
and we hope to have made solid progress by the team we conclude
testing before Christmas."
The Renault F1 Team will be back in action next week in Jerez,
for a three-day test with Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki
Kovalainen.
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 BADOER Ferrari 1'16.317 88
2 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'16.609 117
3 KUBICA BMW 1'16.729 65
4 HAMILTON McLaren 1'17.077 87
5 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'17.190 115
6 GENE Ferrari 1'17.340 83
7 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'17.359 92
8 PIQUET Renault 1'17.428 95
9 GLOCK BMW 1'17.632 100
10 KLIEN Honda 1'17.774 105
11 COULTHARD Red Bull 1'17.876 83
12 TRULLI Toyota 1'18.019 72
13 DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1'18.045 111
14 KARTHIHEYAN Williams 1'18.087 78
15 SPEED Toro Rosso 1'18.528 95
16 AMMERMULLER Red Bull 1'18.741 71
17 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'18.798 99
18 HAKKINEN McLaren 1'19.340 79
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