Barcelona Testing, Day 2,
The ING Renault F1 Team continues testing in Barcelona.
Fernando Alonso R28-04, 119 laps, 554 km, fastest lap 1:20.616
The ING Renault F1 Team remained in Barcelona today to complete
a second day of testing. Again the team made the most of beautiful
weather conditions to continue with its preparations for the
upcoming Spanish Grand Prix, and to introduce further upgrades
to the R28.
Fernando Alonso was in the cockpit and completed a busy day
of running, with only a slight interruption after lunch. The
Spaniard continued with the evaluation of upgrades, which
included a revised engine cover and updated suspension components.
Fernando will remain in the car for his final day of work
tomorrow as the team continues with its intensive development
programme, while Nelson Piquet returns to the cockpit for
a final day of running on Thursday.
Fernando Alonso: "The car felt good
today and we seemed reasonably competitive. But we have to
remember that a lot of the teams were running slick tyres
and so we should not concentrate too much on the times. We
are certainly improving the car and we tried out some new
aerodynamic parts today which went well. We managed to do
119 laps, which is 2 race distances, and so we are quite happy,
but there is more to do tomorrow. "
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "Again
the programme went very well today and we have a lot of data
that we will go through this evening. The whole factory made
a great effort to get all the new parts ready for this test
and we made the most of them today. Also the mechanics worked
very well on the car which enabled us to do a lot of running
on the circuit. Tomorrow we will continue with the programme
and see what more we can find."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 BARRICHELLO Honda 1 :18.928 79
2 FISICHELLA Force India 1 :19.721 79
3 MASSA Ferrari 1 :20.283 113
4 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1 :20.392 89
5 HAMILTON McLaren 1 :20.452 96
6 ALONSO ING Renault F1 Team 1 :20.616 119
7 ROSBERG Williams 1 :20.800 103
8 GLOCK Toyota 1 :20.870 112
9 HEIDFELD BMW 1 :20.981 98
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