ING Renault F1 Team continues testing in Bahrain
Heikki Kovalainen, R27-03, 73 laps, best lap: 1'32.967
Nelson Piquet Jr, R27-01, 88 laps, best lap: 1'32.542
The ING Renault F1 Team today continued testing at the Sakhir
circuit in Bahrain, ahead of the first race of the season
on 18 March in Melbourne.
Heikki Kovalainen and Nelson Piquet Jr continued with the
technical programmes begun yesterday. After working on endurance
testing and race simulations during he first day, the two
Renault drivers focused on set-up changes and tyre testing
with technical partner Bridgestone.
Although the drivers completed fewer laps than yesterday,
both drivers completed their programmes without any difficulty.
The data will be analysed overnight to allow the drivers to
make further progress tomorrow on the final day of testing.
On the second day of testing, the ING Renault F1 Team completed
a total of 161 laps with its two cars. Nelson Piquet Jr and
Heikki Kovalainen finished 7th and 10th respectively, with
best laps of 1:32.542 and 1:32.967.
Heikki Kovalainen: "We had a busy day
and managed to run through our full programme. We will be
working on the data tonight with the engineers in order to
make more progress tomorrow."
Nelson Piquet Jr: "I started my proper
test programme today as we worked on set-up changes. We tested
a number of different ideas, and we are making progress every
day. Hopefully, we can carry on the same way tomorrow for
my last day of running."
Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented:
"The track conditions were very changeable today because
of the wind, but we adapted to it and adjusted the set-up
of the car in order to complete our programmes. Our main focus
today was on set-up, and once again we found plenty of useful
directions. There is lots of data to analyse this evening
so we can make more progress tomorrow."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 HEIDFELD BMW 1'30.475 110
2 ALONSO McLaren 1'31.221 66
3 BUTTON Honda 1'31.806 112
4 HAMILTON McLaren 1'31.925 92
5 KUBICA BMW 1'32.226 107
6 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'32.252 76
7 PIQUET Renault 1'32.542 88
8 MASSA Ferrari 1'32.595 70
9 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'32.620 70
10 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'32.967 73
11 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'33.126 70
12 TRULLI Toyota 1'33.162 96
13 DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1'33.255 116
14 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'33.927 45
15 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'34.197 29
16 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'34.474 56
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