Hockenheim Testing, Day 2, 09/07/2008 - 9 JUL 2008
The ING Renault F1 Team continues testing in Hockenheim
Fernando Alonso, R28-04, 106 laps, 485 km, fastest lap 1:16.141
The ING Renault F1 Team remained in Hockenheim today to continue
with its testing programme ahead of next week's German Grand
Prix.
Weather conditions were much more settled than yesterday
with an overcast morning developing into a warm and pleasant
afternoon. That allowed the team to make good progress with
its workload as the team completed a busy programme with Fernando
Alonso taking over driving responsibilities from Nelson Piquet.
The Spaniard covered a total of 106 laps, equivalent to 485
km, as he concentrated on preparation for next week's race.
That centred around improving the car's set-up, aero work,
and some brake testing to find the optimum solution for a
circuit that is particularly demanding on the brakes.
Fernando remains in the R28 tomorrow when the team will complete
a final day of work before returning here next week.
Fernando Alonso: "It's been a good
day and we completed a lot of laps which has given us some
useful information for the race next week. The track conditions
were good, it remained dry and because it was cloudy, we had
a constant track temperature, which is always useful for testing.
So we have made some progress with the car, but there is still
more work to do tomorrow."
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "It's
been a productive day and we managed to complete most of our
programme. Fernando was pretty happy with the car straight
way, and the car seems quite nicely balanced around this circuit.
We did some brake testing this morning and then focussed on
chassis work, suspension set-up work, and a little bit of
aero testing, which has given us some interesting results."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 HAMILTON McLaren 1 :14.872 101
2 ROSBERG Williams 1 :15.257 117
3 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1 :15.296 90
4 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1 :15.767 42
5 SUTIL Force India 1 :15.945 97
6 VETTEL Toro Rosso 1 :15.955 62
7 GLOCK Toyota 1 :15.995 114
8 ALONSO ING Renault F1 Team 1 :16.141 106
9 BARRICHELLO Honda 1 :16.144 90
10 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1 :16.217 70
11 HEIDFELD BMW 1 :16.235 115
12 BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1 :16.550 35
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