Barcelona Testing, Day 3
Final day of testing for the ING Renault F1 Team
in Barcelona.
Giancarlo Fisichella, R27-02, 91 laps, 418 km, fastest lap:
1:22.758
Heikki Kovalainen, R27-03, 57 laps, 262 km, best lap: 1:22.783
The ING Renault F1 Team today completed its three-day test
programme at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.
The team had a busy final day, interrupted by a handful of
mechanical problems, but was nonetheless able to complete
its planned programme.
Giancarlo Fisichella suffered a mechanical failure towards
the end of the morning, and was only able to begin the major
part of his programme in the afternoon. The Roman conducted
aerodynamic evaluations, followed by set-up testing on his
car. Giancarlo set ninth-fastest time of the day in 1:22.758.
Heikki Kovalainen was scheduled to complete a major set-up
development programme, but his day was cut short by mechanical
problem that proved to be minor, but required lengthy work
on his car. The team therefore decided to begin preparing
his car ahead of its departure this weekend for Bahrain. Heikki
finished the day in P10, with a time of 1:22.783, having completed
57 laps.
Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented this
evening: "This was once again a very busy test
for the team, with race and qualifying simulations on the
first day, followed by set-up programmes on the next two.
We got through a lot of the programme and made some good progress,
but we still have some unanswered questions - which is why
we are looking forward to testing in Bahrain next week. We
are taking a step forward at each test, we are feeling more
confident about our package, and that was the case again this
week. We will use the data collected this week in Barcelona
as the starting point for our work next week. Conditions will
be the hottest we have encountered so far, and we will be
able to focus on doing plenty of set-up work with the car.
The first race is approaching quickly, so there's no time
to lose!"
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'21.855 112
2 HEIDFELD BMW 1'21.958 96
3 MASSA Ferrari 1'21.964 92
4 ALONSO McLaren 1'22.103 114
5 ROSBERG Williams 1'22.280 86
6 HAMILTON McLaren 1'22.292 125
7 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'22.369 45
8 MONTAGNY Toyota 1'22.446 107
9 FISICHELLA Renault 1'22.758 91
10 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'22.783 57
11 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'22.834 61
12 BUTTON Honda 1'23.061 91
13 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'23.257 39
14 WURZ Williams 1'23.275 39
15 VETTEL BMW 1'23.569 56
16 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'23.789 82
17 ALBERS Spyker 1'23.947 87
18 SATO Super Aguri 1'24.568 123
19 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'26.296 30
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