Valencia Testing, Day 1
ING Renault F1 Team continues development work this week
during Valencia testing
Giancarlo Fisichella, R27-02, 37 laps, 154 km, best time:
1'13.550
Nelson Piquet Jr., R27-01, 31 laps, 123 km, best time: 1'13.871
The ING Renault F1 Team was back in action this week in Valencia
to continue its development programme with the new R27. The
team is once again running with two chassis in order to make
the fastest possible development progress with the new car.
However, poor weather conditions unfortunately severely limited
the day's programme and the team has consequently decided
to extend the test session, initially planned for three days,
to include Friday as well.
Giancarlo Fisichella and Nelson Piquet Jr. were in action
for the team today, and completed very few laps as they waited
for the slippery track conditions to improve. Following an
installation lap first thing this morning, they waited until
late in the afternoon before beginning proper running. Although
the day was not as productive as the team had hoped, they
are confident of making good progress with the technical programme
during the rest of the week.
The French team's objective for the test remain the same
as in previous weeks: gaining maximum mileage with the new
package, and continuing to explore set-up options with the
new car.
Giancarlo Fisichella: "It was pretty
frustrating today, waiting for the track conditions to improve.
We basically lost a day's work but that can happen at this
time of year. We still have three days left though, and I
am sure we can make some good progress during the rest of
the week."
Nelson Piquet Jr: "In the end, it wasn't
such a busy day for us. We only began the programme towards
the end of the day when the weather improved. Everything went
OK from my point of view, and it feels like the real work
has begun now: these are important tests for the team, and
there is still a lot to do before the opening races."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 ALONSO McLaren 1'12.538 96
2 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'13.533 48
3 PIQUET Renault 1'13.550 31
4 MONTAGNY Toyota 1'13.672 38
5 TRULLI Toyota 1'13.752 54
6 HEIDFELD BMW 1'13.863 56
7 FISICHELLA Renault 1'13.871 37
8 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'14.018 35
9 VETTEL BMW 1'14.047 81
10 NAKAJIMA Williams 1'14.527 79
11 ROSSITER Honda 1'14.638 43
12 SATO Super Aguri 1'15.684 31
13 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'15.729 32
14 BADOER Ferrari 1'20.030 47
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