Sepang testing, Day 4,
ING Renault F1 Team concludes Sepang testing.
Heikki Kovalainen, R27-04, 55 laps, 301 km, best lap: 1:35.757
ING Renault F1 Team today completed its fourth and final
day of testing in Sepang. The test focused primarily on preparing
for the forthcoming Malaysian GP, which will be held to next
weekend, as well as pursuing the team's normal performance
development.
Heikki Kovalainen continued at the wheel of chassis R27-04
today, continuing his work from Wednesday as he focused on
set-up solutions. He completed a qualifying simulation at
the end of the morning's running, setting the fastest time
of the day in 1:35.757.
The primary goal for the afternoon was to work on long runs.
However, the programme was interrupted by a mechanical failure
on chassis R27-04. The conclusions from the day's running
were positive nevertheless, and the team's work this week
will provide a solid baseline for the first day of practice
in Malaysia, a week today.
Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk: "We
completed our programme on an encouraging note after a good
day's work. We worked hard throughout the week, and we seem
to be moving in the right direction. We made a number of changes
overnight, and they seemed to work well out on track today.
There is still a lot of progress to be made, but we are moving
in the right direction, and I think we got the maximum from
our week's running in the circumstances. Heikki seems comfortable
at this track, he learned it quickly and is in good shape
going into next week's Grand Prix. That was another important
objective for this session, that we have achieved successfully."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'35.757 55
2 MASSA Ferrari 1'35.808 71
3 DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1'36.787 68
4 ROSBERG Williams 1'37.002 103
5 MONTAGNY Toyota 1'37.206 77
6 HEIDFELD BMW 1'37.318 69
7 BUTTON Honda 1'37.326 37
8 HAMILTON McLaren 1'37.708 43
9 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'37.778 42
10 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'38.542 55
11 KLIEN Honda 1'39.175 23
12 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1'39.303 24
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