Valencia Testing, Day 3,
Day three in Valencia for the ING Renault F1 Team
Fernando Alonso, R28-01, 111 laps, 439 km, best lap: 1'12:360
The ING Renault F1 Team continued its winter test programme
in Valencia today. The team was again running the new R28
as preparations continue ahead of the opening Grand Prix in
Melbourne in March.
With sunny conditions throughout the day, the team was able
to complete its programme without any disruptions. Fernando
Alonso was again in the R28-01, completing his third consecutive
day of work with the team this week. Having completed a successful
shakedown of the car earlier this week, the team turned its
attention to work on improving the balance of the car.
For the afternoon, the team made the most of ideal track
conditions to validate set-up options and complete some long
runs with the car. The team also did some practice starts
and carried out some pit stop training as the day came to
a close.
The team enjoyed another productive day and was able to complete
is programme as scheduled.
Fernando Alonso was pleased to have had a sustained period
in the car and happy with the progress the team has made.
Nelson Piquet Jr takes over driving duties for the final day
tomorrow and will sample the R28 for the very first time.
Fernando Alonso: "The purpose of this
test was to start running the new car and to try to understand
how it works. My final day went well and again we ran without
any problems and covered a lot of laps, but the time to improve
the car will be during the next few test sessions. I feel
very much at ease with the team and every day I feel more
and more comfortable with the car. The next test cannot come
soon enough. It was nice to see the support of the fans here
today and that is always a big motivation."
Christian Silk, Test Chief Engineer: "It
was a more interesting day for the engineers as we carried
out a more set-up based programme to try and find a good balance
with the car. It all went to plan with the car responding
well to all the changes we made, so it's been a very encouraging
day with good reliability. We also did some pit-stop practice
towards the end of the day, which is normal procedure for
a test."
DRIVER - TEAM - BEST LAPS
1 KOVALAINEN McLaren 1'11.000 92
2 MASSA Ferrari 1'11.662 81
3 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'11.850 115
4 HAMILTON McLaren 1'12.076 115
5 NAKAJIMA Williams 1'12.255 93
6 ALONSO ING Renault F1 Team 1'12.360 111
7 ROSBERG Williams 1'12.493 117
8 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'12.594 87
9 HEIDFELD BMW 1'12.976 51
10 VETTEL Toro Rosso 1'13.015 63
11 GLOCK Toyota 1'13.129 95
12 KUBICA BMW 1'13.230 121
13 BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1'13.307 118
14 SUTIL Force India 1'13.409 98
15 TRULLI Toyota 1'13.547 96
16 BARRICHELLO Honda 1'14.585 36
17 KOGURE Honda 1'16.761 50
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