Jerez Testing, Day 3
Final day of testing for Renault F1 Team in Jerez.
The Renault F1 Team finished today its three-day development
programme on the Spanish circuit. It was once again a busy
session, mainly focused on preparations for the Chinese Grand
Prix.
Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen continued to work
on tyre selection with our partner Michelin and covered a
good number of laps to collect some interesting data.
Giancarlo Fisichella completed 170 laps for his final day
of preparation and concluded the session with the fourth-fastest
laptime in 1'17.056. The Italian ran an intensive programme
and seemed to be satisfied with directions taken by the team
and Michelin for the next race.
Heikki Kovalainen, who was back at the wheel today, completed
some measurement work this morning for Michelin and then completed
his programme without any major problem. He finished his session
with 114 laps covered in 1'17.171. The Finn will be driving
again next week in Silverstone to prepare for the Japanese
Grand Prix with the test team.
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "
We completed our programme thanks to excellent reliability
of both cars which allowed us to cover a large number of laps.
The drivers did a really good job, especially as we pushed
them a lot to make up for lost time. They did no mistakes
and gave interesting feedback regarding the tests we made
today. We are definitely satisfied with our preparation for
the Chinese GP. "
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 DAVIDSON Honda 1'16.684 160
2 ROSSITER Honda 1'17.009 109
3 DOORNBOS Red Bull 1'17.050 119
4 FISICHELLA Renault 1'17.056 170
5 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'17.171 114
6 AMMERMULLER Red Bull 1'17.748 103
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