Hockenheim Testing, Day 3, 10/07/2008 - 10 JUL 2008
The ING Renault F1 Team completes its Hockenheim test
Fernando Alonso, R28-04, 115 laps, 523 km, fastest lap 1:15.593
The ING Renault F1 Team completed its Hockenheim test programme
today, bringing to a close its preparations for next week's
German Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso remained in the R28 for his second day of
work with the team this week and benefited from near perfect
weather conditions with temperatures in the region of 30°C.
The team made the most of the warm and sunny weather to complete
a total of 115 laps, equivalent to 523km.
Having completed a successful R&D programme yesterday,
the team shifted its attention today to working on improving
the set-up of the R28, tyre evaluation and general race preparation.
The team was able to complete its programme as planned, improved
the car and now looks forward to returning here next week
for the German Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso: "Another busy day,
covering lots of laps and getting more data, which will be
useful for the race next week. It was quite nice to drive
with the warmer temperatures because I think it is more representative
of what we will have over the race weekend. We were certainly
more competitive today, so it is clear that we have improved
the car and that we are going in the right direction, but
we still have some further ideas to explore over the race
weekend."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "We
concentrated on race preparation work today, did some tyre
evaluation, and completed the rest of our programme. The car
was working reasonably well and so overall we are quite happy
with the week's work and looking forward to the race here.
It was good to run in the warm temperatures today because
they are more typical of what we can expect next week."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 MASSA Ferrari 1 :14.989 109
2 BUTTON Honda 1 :15.081 121
3 KOVALAINEN McLaren 1 :15.289 123
4 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1 :15.378 118
5 VETTEL Toro Rosso 1 :15.556 106
6 ALONSO ING Renault F1 Team 1 :15.593 115
7 NAKAJIMA Williams 1 :15.759 119
8 KUBICA BMW 1 :15.869 107
9 TRULLI Toyota 1 :16.065 129
10 FISICHELLA Force India 1 :16.113 74
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