Paul Ricard testing, Day 2,
Day two for the ING Renault F1 Team at Le Castellet
Heikki Kovalainen, R27-06, 151 laps, 530 km, best lap: 1:06.302
ING Renault F1 Team today completed its second day of running
at the Paul Ricard HTTT in southern France. The 3.593 km configuration
used today was designed to simulate the demands of Monaco,
to allow the teams to prepare for the next race on the calendar,
which will be held in the famous Principality in one week's
time.
Heikki Kovalainen was back in action for the world champions
today, and continued with the test programme begun by Nelson
Piquet Jr. yesterday. The Finn concentrated on car set-up
ahead of the race in Monaco, and conducted several aerodynamic
tests during the day. The team once again collected interesting
data that will give a good working platform for the next race.
At the end of the day, after completing 151 laps, Heikki
Kovalainen finished up in P6 on the timesheets with a best
lap of 1:06.302. He will be driving again tomorrow, when the
circuit will be changed to a Canada-style configuration (long
straights and tight corners) to prepare for the sixth round
of the 2007 championship.
Heikki Kovalainen: "It was an interesting
day of ahead of next week's race. We worked on the car set-up
and the tyres, and the car reacted well to the different changes.
I think our testing yesterday and today will give us a good
basis for the opening practice sessions on Thursday in Monaco."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "We
completed a trouble-free day without any difficulty, and ran
through a wide range of set-up solutions that we wanted to
test. I think the data from today looks good, and will be
a good basis for our work in Monaco and at the next races.
It was a busy day for Heikki, and the engineers now have to
analyse the data to make the most of the work he completed
today!"
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 HAMILTON McLaren 1'05.614 133
2 MASSA Ferrari 1'05.755 107
3 KUBICA BMW 1'06.186 140
4 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'06.201 136
5 SATO Super Aguri 1'06.281 115
6 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'06.302 151
7 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'06.516 103
8 WURZ Williams 1'06.576 105
9 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'06.598 111
10 BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1'07.743 142
11 ALBERS Spyker 1'07.946 66
12 SUTIL Spyker 1'08.134 66
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