Jerez testing, Day 1
Back to testing for the ING Renault F1 Team
Nelson Piquet Jr, R27-02, 118 laps, best lap: 1:21.261
Ricardo Zonta, R27-01, 67 laps, best lap: 1:21.393
The ING Renault F1 Team today began three days of testing
in southern Spain, at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit.
It is another important session for the world champions,
as they look to put more miles on the new R27/RS27 package
in order to achieve race-worthy reliability, and full explore
the handling of the new car.
Ricardo Zonta made his debut with the ING Renault F1 Team
today, and primarily focused on getting to grips with the
new car, and perfecting his driving position in chassis R27-01.
The Brazilian also spent time meeting the members of the test
team he will be working with this year, and learning about
the working methods of the world champion team. It was a day
focused on adaptation, during which Ricardo was able to find
his feet before launching into a full programme tomorrow.
Across the garage, Nelson Piquet Jr., driving chassis R27-02,
continued the development programmes begun last week in Valencia.
He conducted endurance testing, completing several long runs
without any problems.
Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented: "The
track was a little dirty on this opening day of running, and
we therefore chose to work on an endurance programme. Nelson
covered a race distance this morning without any problems,
and everything went well. As for Ricardo, his day was focused
on finding his feet and he will be ready to make good progress
with his programme tomorrow."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1'19.992 110
2 KUBICA BMW 1'20.162 39
3 HAMILTON McLaren 1'20.202 110
4 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'20.249 54
5 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'20.361 82
6 BUTTON Honda 1'20.363 85
7 MONTAGNY Toyota 1'20.409 30
8 ROSBERG Williams 1'20.525 65
9 BADOER Ferrari 1'20.678 63
10 VETTEL BMW 1'20.715 36
11 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'21.021 47
12 PIQUET Renault 1'21.261 118
13 ZONTA Renault 1'21.393 67
14 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'21.859 37
15 KLIEN Honda 1'22.311 23
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