Barcelona Testing, Day 3, 21/02/2008 - 21 FEB 2008
The ING Renault F1 Team completes a third day in Barcelona
as the weather improves
Fernando Alonso, R28-01, 61 laps, 284 km, fastest lap: 1'22.657
Nelson Piquet, R28-02, 105 laps, 489 km, fastest lap: 1'23.286
The ING Renault F1 Team completed a third day of testing
at the Circuit de Catalunya today as the weather conditions
finally improved.
Having endured two days of wet and cold weather, the team
was greeted by dry and sunny conditions for the final day
of testing at the Spanish circuit. The team was running two
R28s with the team's race drivers, Fernando Alonso and Nelson
Piquet, remaining on driving duty.
Having only completed limited running over the previous couple
of days, both drivers were keen to run busy programmes. Fernando
spent the day carrying out set-up work and completed a total
of 61 laps. Nelson also completed a set-up programme in the
morning and then simulated a race distance in the afternoon
bringing his total to 105 laps.
The team now turns its attention to next week and a further
week of testing in Barcelona.
Fernando Alonso: "We have been waiting
for a long time to do some dry running and we made the most
of it. The track conditions were not perfect, but they were
good enough for what we wanted to test and they remained consistent
for the whole day. We tested some small things with the car
and I was happy with the performance and behaviour of the
car. Now I'm looking forward to next week for our last three
days here in Barcelona.
Nelson Piquet: "Finally the weather
improved and we were able to do a full day's work. The track
conditions were reasonable, and we were able to learn some
things about the performance of the car in the morning. We
did long runs in the afternoon and simulated a race distance
with pit stops, which went well and the car showed good consistency."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "The
only day of dry running this week, so there was a big push
to try and get as much done as possible. We were reasonably
happy with the balance of the car, and just a few small reliability
issues. With Nelson our priority was to continue accumulating
miles to get him settled in the car, and we continued with
our usual set-up programme with Fernando. But overall a frustrating
week due to the weather and hopefully we will have a better
time next week."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 NAKAJIMA Williams 1'22.153 32
2 KOVALAINEN McLaren 1'22.185 64
3 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1'22.208 92
4 MASSA Ferrari 1'22.213 96
5 ROSBERG Williams 1'22.248 109
6 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'22.477 82
7 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'22.499 104
8 BADOER Ferrari 1'22.535 102
9 ALONSO ING Renault F1 Team 1'22.657 61
10 GLOCK Toyota 1'22.901 110
11 PIQUET ING Renault F1 Team 1'23.286 105
12 KOBAYASHI Toyota 1'24.132 56
13 HULKENBERG Williams 1'24.222 54
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