Barcelona Testing, Day 2, 20/02/2008 - 20 FEB 2008
The ING Renault F1 Team remains in Barcelona despite the
poor weather conditions
Fernando Alonso, R28-01, 28 laps, 130 km, fastest lap: 1'31.731
Nelson Piquet, R28-02, 1 lap, 4.655 km, fastest lap: n/a
The ING Renault F1 Team remained at the Circuit de Catalunya
in Barcelona today to continue with its preparations for the
2008 season. The team was operating two R28s with Fernando
Alonso and Nelson Piquet on driving duty.
Like yesterday conditions were cold and damp with consistent
showers leaving the circuit wet for most of the day with patches
of standing water. As a result the team was forced to postpone
its scheduled programme and wait until the afternoon when
the conditions eventually began to improve. The team made
the most of the day by checking the systems on the car and
rehearsing various race procedures in the garage.
Fernando completed limited running in the wet, but like yesterday
the damp conditions meant the team was limited in what it
could learn. The team will test for a further day tomorrow,
and will remain in Barcelona for the test next week.
Fernando Alonso: "Another disrupted
day and we did not do many laps. It was too wet in the morning
to do any running so we waited until the afternoon. We did
some laps and tried some things in the wet and it was a chance
to get used to driving without traction control and to improve
the behaviour of the car in these conditions. Tomorrow the
forecast is better – we have been waiting for these
conditions all week, so fingers crossed."
Nelson Piquet: "It is hard to be patient
when you have spent two days waiting around for the weather
conditions to improve. I finished the day having completed
only a single installation lap – a bit frustrating for
me and all members of the team who had hoped that the track
conditions would have improved by the end of the day. Tomorrow
the track conditions will be better and hopefully we will
be able to complete some proper work."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "The
weather was same as yesterday, and so again it was difficult
to learn anything, and there was little point risking the
cars in the tricky conditions. Fernando did some system checks
in the afternoon, but as the conditions did not improve we
ended the day early again. We will turn our attention to tomorrow
and use the mileage when we feel we can get more out of it."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 MASSA Ferrari 1'30.673 40
2 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'31.213 42
3 BADOER Ferrari 1'32.288 33
4 ALONSO ING Renault F1 Team 1'31.731 28
5 ROSBERG Williams 1'31.963 96
6 GLOCK Toyota 1'32.407 33
7 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'32.465 44
8 TRULLI Toyota 1'32.571 47
9 HULKENBERG Williams 1'33.102 53
10 NAKAJIMA Williams 1'35.659 40
11 PIQUET ING Renault F1 Team n/a 1
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