A productive third day for the ING Renault F1 Team in Valencia
- 1 FEB 2007
The ING Renault F1 Team made the most of the first day of
fully-dry weather this week to complete a busy day of testing
in Valencia, Spain.
01/02/07, Valencia, Spain
Giancarlo Fisichella, R27-02, 122 laps, 482 km, best lap:
1:11.522
Heikki Kovalainen, R27-01, 110 laps, 435 km, best lap: 1:11.648
The ING Renault F1 Team made the most of the first day of
fully-dry weather this week to complete a busy day of testing
in Valencia, Spain.
Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen got down to work
immediately this morning, focusing primarily on reliability
testing of the new R27.
The goal for both R27 chassis was to complete a full race
distance, and for the drivers to practice techniques such
as full pit-stops, startline procedures and race starts during
the session.
The day proved extremely productive, with over 230 laps completed
in total, and a promising level of performance from both cars.
The team collected a large amount of useful data, and completed
its entire programme in the allotted time. They hope to continue
in the same vein tomorrow, as the test has been extended by
a day owing to the poor weather earlier in the week.
Giancarlo Fisichella: "We had good
track conditions for the first time this week, and we made
good progress with the programme. That's a satisfying result,
and I think we are pretty pleased with the information we
have collected today."
Heikki Kovalainen: "This was a good
day for the team, and we found some good directions that we
can hone at the next tests. We still have another day of running
to complete, and I hope it will be productive as this one
was."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'11.284 51
2 FISICHELLA Renault 1'11.522 122
3 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'11.648 110
4 ALONSO McLaren 1'11.722 97
5 HEIDFELD BMW 1'11.976 99
6 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'12.349 68
7 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1'12.367 69
8 MASSA Ferrari 1'12.441 99
9 KUBICA BMW 1'12.844 19
10 BUTTON Honda 1'12.915 79
11 DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1'13.144 131
12 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'13.450 60
13 ROSSITER Honda 1'13.696 3
14 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'13.801 28
15 NAKAJIMA Williams 1'13.944 85
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