ING Renault F1 Team continues testing in Barcelona - 13
FEB 2007
The ING Renault F1 Team today completed the second day of
its test programme at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, with
Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen at the wheel of
the two R27 chassis.
Giancarlo Fisichella, R27-02, 131 laps, 601 km, best lap:
1:21.997
Heikki Kovalainen, R27-03, 101 laps, 464 km, best lap: 1:21.819
The ING Renault F1 Team today completed the second day of
its test programme at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, with
Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen at the wheel of
the two R27 chassis.
The French team enjoyed an extremely productive session with
both cars, and completed its entire planned programme without
any problems. Giancarlo Fisichella concentrated on a set-up
programme during the day, in addition to completing tyre evaluation
with Bridgestone. The Italian completed an impressive total
of 131 laps to finish fifth fastest with a lap of 1:21.997.
Across the garage, Heikki Kovalainen also concentrated on
set-up development, as well as conducting initial evaluations
of new aerodynamic components ahead of the forthcoming Bahrain
tests. The Finn was pleased with his day's work, finishing
third fastest in a time of 1:21.819, after completing a total
of 101 laps.
The programmes with both cars left the team both satisfied
and encouraged at the end of the day. These data will be built
upon during tomorrow's final day of testing at the Spanish
circuit – indeed, this will be the final day of winter
testing in Europe, prior to the last two hot weather tests
ahead of the first race in Melbourne, in just over a month's
time.
Giancarlo Fisichella: "We worked well
today, completed lots of laps and didn't have any problems
at all. In terms of performance, the times are clearly very
close but we seem competitive. It was a good day for us, and
I hope we can achieve the same tomorrow."
Heikki Kovalainen: "I managed to complete
my programme today, and we achieved the team's objectives
for the day. We did lots of laps, collected plenty of data,
and the overall result looks positive. We will be aiming for
the same again tomorrow on our final day in Barcelona."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 MASSA Ferrari 1'21.181 108
2 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'21.719 154
3 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'21.819 101
4 ALONSO McLaren 1'21.901 63
5 FISICHELLA Renault 1'21.997 131
6 HAMILTON McLaren 1'22.078 118
7 KUBICA BMW 1'22.100 56
8 TRULLI Toyota 1'22.227 96
9 ROSBERG Williams 1'22.249 10
10 WURZ Williams 1'22.288 55
11 MONTAGNY Toyota 1'22.476 96
12 HEIDFELD BMW 1'22.618 92
13 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'22.669 85
14 BUTTON Honda 1'22.816 91
15 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'22.916 83
16 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'23.322 50
17 DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1'23.969 97
18 ALBERS Spyker 1'24.425 108
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