Jerez Testing, Day 2, 13/02/2008 - 13 FEB 2008
The ING Renault F1 Team completes its second day in Jerez
Fernando Alonso R28-02, 104 laps, 456 km, fastest lap: 1'19.710
Nelson Piquet R28-01, 110 laps, 483 km, fastest lap: 1'20.014
The ING Renault F1 Team remained in Jerez today to continue
its winter testing programme in preparation for the new season.
Conditions were warm and sunny, but windy conditions remained
throughout the day and the team had to adapt its programme
accordingly.
The team continued to operate a two-car programme, with Fernando
Alonso and Nelson Piquet on driving duty. Fernando experienced
some minor problems in the morning, but had a trouble-free
afternoon and was able to test parts that were not affected
by the windy conditions.
Nelson operated a similar programme, with set-up work in
the morning, and then completed some longer runs in the afternoon.
At the same time he was able to conduct the usual test procedures,
including installation laps, starts, and pit-stop practice.
At the end of the day Fernando had covered 104 laps, with
a best time of 1'19.710, while Nelson completed 110 laps,
with a best lap of 1'20.014.
For the final day of running tomorrow, Nelson remains in
the car and will be joined by fellow Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi,
who will build on the work he completed with the team yesterday.
Fernando Alonso: "Like all teams here
we struggled with the very windy conditions. But we tried
to make the most of the day and tested some important parts
of the car that were not affected by the wind. So we did some
useful work, but we will have to concentrate on the performance
of the car later on in February."
Nelson Piquet: "We carried out the
same programme as yesterday, which went well, although we
had to cope with the wind, which was not ideal. Still, we
covered lots of laps and I completed a race distance in the
afternoon, just as we did yesterday. It has been good to cover
so many miles in the last couple of days as it is important
for my preparation as a race driver, and hopefully tomorrow
we will be able to continue doing that."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "We
had to adapt the programme today because of the weather conditions,
which made learning much about the set-up of the car quite
difficult, especially in the afternoon. Nelson had a god day
and completed his programme of set-up work in the morning
and a race distance in the afternoon. With Fernando we had
some minor problems which made for a slow morning, but in
the afternoon the car ran without any problems. We did not
manage to complete the set-up work we wanted but we did some
brake testing instead."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'18.628 72
2 ROSBERG Williams 1'19.091 98
3 NAKAJIMA Williams 1'19.215 91
4 ALONSO ING Renault F1 Team 1'19.710 104
5 KUBICA BMW 1'19.829 116
6 HAMILTON McLaren 1'19.857 68
7 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'19.883 97
8 VETTEL Toro Rosso 1'19.889 114
9 PIQUET ING Renault F1 Team 1'20.014 110
10 KOVALAINEN McLaren 1'20.152 84
11 HEIDFELD BMW 1'20.201 109
12 BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1'20.536 76
13 BUTTON Honda 1'21.147 85
14 SATO Super Aguri 1'21.376 101
15 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'21.710 58
16 SUTIL Force India 1'22.244 86
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