ETIHAD ALDAR SPYKER FORMULA ONE TEAM TEST REPORT PAUL RICARD
T20 - Day four
18 May 2007 - Adrian Sutil took over the wheel for the fourth
and final day of the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team
test at the Circuit de Castellet Paul Ricard. Running once
more on the 1E-SC Short Circuit configuration, the team's
work again focussed on preparations for next month's Canadian
Grand Prix.
In clear, sunny weather conditions Adrian worked through
a programme to evaluate tyres, brake balance and set-up for
Canada. Over the course of the day, the German completed over
400km in total with a best time of 1min 29.869.
The team will now briefly return to its Silverstone HQ before
heading to the South of France for the fifth race of the year,
the Monaco Grand Prix, next week.
Team quotes
Dominic Harlow, chief race and test engineer
'Great conditions today for testing. Adrian worked on set-up
options for Canada, tyre evaluation and continued a control
systems programme. We made a small breakthrough with the car
set-up that will particularly help the front-end performance
and should pay real dividends in Monaco, Canada and Indy.
A lot more data was collected and the team will go away to
analyse it over the coming days. The next team test will be
at our home circuit Silverstone following the USA GP where
we hope to continue the development of the F8-VII and further
reduce the gap to the cars ahead.'
Adrian Sutil
'We had a lot of on the agenda to work through today. We tried
out the tyre options available for Canada and although we
still have some difficulties trying to get the most out of
them, we did make a big step with the car set-up, got some
positive running in and made some improvements. We especially
got some information about the car under braking, the balance
was good and it looks hopeful for Canada.'
Testing data
Driver: Adrian Sutil
Track: Circuit de Castellet, `Paul Ricard 1E-SC Short', France
Best lap time: 1min 29.869
Laps completed: 83
Kilometres completed: 436km
Air temperature: High of 24ºC
Track temperature: High of 42ºC
Weather: Clear and sunny
F8-VII testing data (since 1 January 2007)
Total km run (testing): 7,998 kilometres
Total days: 16
Christijan Albers: 2,649km in total
Adrian Sutil: 2.237km in total
Fairuz Fauzy: 978km in total
Giedo van der Garde: 534km in total
Adrian Valles: 373km in total
Markus Winkelhock: 226km in total
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