Barcelona Testing, Day 1,
The ING Renault F1 Team begins its preparations for
the Spanish Grand Prix
Nelson Piquet R28-04, 91 laps, 424 km, fastest lap 1:21.913
The ING Renault F1 Team was back in Europe today to complete
the first of four days testing at the Circuit de Catalunya
near Barcelona in Spain. The team made the most of beautiful
conditions throughout the day to begin its preparations for
the Spanish Grand Prix in two weeks time.
Nelson Piquet was on driving duty today as the team experimented
with several upgrades to the R28. The young Brazilian spent
the day evaluating the changes to the car, and completed some
general set-up work in preparation for the Spanish Grand Prix.
The team will continue with the programme for the rest of
the week as Fernando Alonso joins the team for the next couple
of days, while Nelson returns to the cockpit on Thursday.
Nelson Piquet: "It was another good
day of work. The track conditions were good, so there were
no problems there and we had a productive morning. Unfortunately
I lost some time in the afternoon and so I did not do as many
laps as I would have liked. We tried some new things but the
more interesting work will come later in the week."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "The
morning programme ran very well and so it was a solid day
of work with the only delay coming at lunchtime. The car is
working very well and the factory has made a huge effort to
get the car ready for this week. We just need to carry on
this good work for the rest of the week.
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 MASSA Ferrari 1 :18.339 77
2 WURZ Honda 1 :21.059 75
3 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1 :21.566 113
4 HEIDFELD BMW 1 :21.679 105
5 PIQUET ING Renault F1 Team 1 :21.913 91
6 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1 :22.193 59
7 NAKAJIMA Williams 1 :22.431 72
8 GLOCK Toyota 1 :22.590 93
9 LIUZZI Force India 1 :22.846 91
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