Barcelona Testing, Day 3, 16/04/2008 - 16 APR 2008
The ING Renault F1 Team completes a third day in Barcelona
Fernando Alonso R28-04, 100 laps, 466 km, fastest lap 1:18.483
The ING Renault F1 Team completed a third day of testing
at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona today. The team
made the most of dry and sunny conditions to continue evaluating
the upgrades to the R28 in preparation for the Spanish Grand
Prix next week.
Fernando Alonso remained in the car for his second day of
running this week and completed a busy programme of set-up
work before taking the opportunity to sample slick tyres just
before lunch. The Spaniard immediately set the fastest time
which remained unbeaten until the conclusion of the session.
Nelson Piquet returns to the cockpit tomorrow for the final
day of testing. He will look to build on the work he did with
the team earlier in the week, although rain showers are expected
to disrupt the final day of testing.
Fernando Alonso: "The day has been
good and I was happy with the developments to the car. But
we still need to keep improving because it seems that our
competitors have also improved and so it is still difficult
to say how we really compare with them. We have to wait until
next week to get a full picture of where we stand. It was
fun to try the slick tyres, which gave very good grip."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "We
did some set-up work in the morning as part of our preparation
for the Spanish Grand Prix and took a look at the slick tyres
just before lunch. Overall we are happy with the way the test
is developing, although the weather forecast for tomorrow
is not very good, but we have had three good days and completed
most of what we wanted to achieve."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 ALONSO ING Renault F1 Team 1 :18.483 100
2 SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1 :19.323 83
3 SUTIL Force India 1 :19.424 102
4 KUBICA BMW 1 :19.785 112
5 ROSBERG Williams 1 :19.841 65
6 BARRICHELLO Honda 1 :19.920 141
7 HAMILTON McLaren 1 :20.591 102
8 BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1 :20.715 71
9 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1 :20.849 87
10 TRULLI Toyota 1 :20.867 90
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