Day 2 for the test programme of the Renault F1 Team in Jerez.
A busy day for the French squad which remain focused on its
test programme to prepare the last races of the season and
especially the next Chinese Grand Prix in two weeks' time.
Giancarlo Fisichella joined the test team this morning to
replace Fernando Alonso who was initially planned to test
this week. The Italian worked on tyre testing with Michelin,
making tyre selections for China, but his programme was delayed
owing to mechanical problems. He collected interesting data
which will need to be completed tomorrow for the last day
of testing in Jerez. At the end of the session, Fisichella
was second fastest in 1'17.701 and 70 laps covered.
With Heikki Kovalainen unwell, Jose Maria Lopez continued
his programme and continued to focus on software development
and set up changes. In spite of only covering a small number
of laps, Lopez set the third-fastest laptime of the session
in 1'18.071. Kovalainen is expected to fit enough to drive
again tomorrow for the last day scheduled in Jerez.
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "We
must admit that this was a tough day for the team because
of mechanical problems with the cars. But the data we did
manage to collect is interesting and will need to be completed
tomorrow. The team did today a great job to optimize the running
time as much as possible and that is a positive point."
2 FISICHELLA Renault 1'17.701 70 laps
3 LOPEZ Renault 1'18.071 20 laps
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