ING Renault F1 Team enjoys successful third day in Jerez
The ING Renault F1 Team completed a successful day's work
today in Jerez, continuing its first full test with the new
R27 car.
18/01/07, Jerez, Spain
Giancarlo Fisichella, R27-02, 62 laps, 274 km, fastest lap:
1:19.754
Heikki Kovalainen, R27-01, 50 laps, 221 km, fastest lap: 1:21.026
The ING Renault F1 Team completed a successful day's work
today in Jerez, continuing its first full test with the new
R27 car. Two R27 chassis were once again available for race
drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen.
Following on from his completion of a successful programme
of reliability running yesterday, Fisichella began work on
initial set-up changes with the new car today. He made good
progress with his work, in spite of an on-track stoppage during
the afternoon, and managed to begin working on understanding
the car's reactions on the new Bridgestone Potenza tyres.
Heikki Kovalainen's day got off to a slow start after electrical
gremlins limited his programme to just two installation laps
until the afternoon. Once these problems had been resolved,
he was able to complete two thirds of a race simulation, which
will be completed tomorrow.
So far, the team has completed over 1300 km with the new
car this week, which comfortably exceeds the total mileage
during the first test session of 2006.
Giancarlo Fisichella: "We had another
good day with the R27 as we started looking at some set-up
changes, and understanding the handling. We made improvements
through the day, and the progress confirmed the potential
I could feel in the package during our reliability work yesterday.
I think we have had a very encouraging week so far, although
there are still some problems to fix, like with any new car.
But that is what winter testing is all about: every problem
we find here, is one that we don't have to worry about in
Melbourne in two months' time."
Heikki Kovalainen: "It was a slightly
frustrating day for me because we didn't really start our
work properly until this afternoon, and after that our focus
was to put miles on the car. So not a perfect day for me,
but at this stage, the important thing is to get a feel for
the handling, and make sure the package is reliable –
it's not about setting the stopwatch on fire. We had a good
end to the day with some longer runs, so hopefully we can
carry on our momentum tomorrow in order to catch up on the
programme."
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