Silverstone Testing, Day 2
A successful second day at Silverstone for the Renault
F1 Team.
The Renault F1 Team today continued its testing programme
at Silverstone in preparation for the final three races of
the season.
Heikki Kovalainen continued his tyre development work, narrowing
down the tyre selection for the forthcoming Japanese Grand
Prix. He completed a trouble-free day, running 119 laps and
setting the second-fastest time in 1:19.700.
Nelsinho Piquet's second day with the Renault F1 Team saw
him continue his acclimatization to the team and the R26.
Although his morning endurance work was delayed by mechanical
problems, he conducted tyre and set-up development this afternoon
as he learned more about the car, and began to fine-tune its
handling. He finished the day with an impressive fastest time
of 1:19.565, and 73 laps completed.
Heikki Kovalainen: "We had a very good
day, focused on the tyre testing and making the right selection
for Suzuka. The tyres were quick on the first lap and consistent
on the longer runs we did this morning. We had good reliability,
doing more than two race distances, so it was a very positive
day."
Nelsinho Piquet: "This was another
day of learning and improving for me. The more laps I do,
the better things are getting and I feel like I am improving
with every run. We did a good variety of long runs and shorter
runs today, and the car felt really good as we started making
some set-up changes. I am looking forward to another strong
day tomorrow."
Chief Test Engineer, Christian Silk: "The
team had another good day of testing, completing nearly 200
laps of a demanding circuit such as Silverstone, in spite
of some delays this morning. Heikki continued working on the
Suzuka tyres with Michelin, and the results are very encouraging.
As for Nelson, he did some endurance running this morning
before running a tyre and set-up programme in the afternoon,
which allowed him to tune the car and start giving us some
feedback. His performance was encouraging and, all in all,
it has been a positive day for the team."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 PIQUET Renault 1:19.565 73
2 KOVALAINEN Renault 1:19.700 119
3 De La Rosa McLaren 1:19.921 110
4 Montagny Toyota 1:20.616 87
5 Wurz Williams 1:20.822 68
6 Hamilton McLaren 1:20.864 64
7 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:21.130 55
8 Sato Super Aguri 1:21.981 39
9 Quintarelli Spyker 1:23.206 84
10 Karthikeyan Williams 1:24.031 39
11 Yamamoto Super Aguri 1:24.839 26
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