Paul Ricard Test: Day 2
Location: Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France
Drivers: Jarno Trulli, Ricardo Zonta
Track Length: 3.254km
Dark clouds, cooler temperatures and a short period of rain
in the afternoon did not drown out Panasonic Toyota Racing's
second day of testing at Paul Ricard. Ricardo Zonta hit the
track later in the morning to work on set-ups and a tyre programme,
while Jarno Trulli was able to continue working with the B-car
package putting in over 130 laps. Team driver Ralf Schumacher
will arrive tomorrow to join Ricardo Zonta for a third day
of testing.
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY
Ricardo Zonta was busy today, even with wet weather conditions
threatening good results in Le Castellet.
Ricardo Zonta - Chassis TF106/01
Best Lap Time: 0m58.601s
Total laps: 83
Total Distance: 270.082km
"I feel we had a constructive test, even though it rained
in the afternoon and caused some challenging track conditions.
Throughout most of the day, we worked on analyzing car behaviour
based on issues and data that resulted at the Imola race.
In the afternoon, we took advantage of the rain, and ran some
wet tyre tests."
LASTING IMPRESSIONS
Jarno Trulli completed his test in Paul Ricard with
a first impression of the new B-car specification.
Jarno Trulli - Chassis TF106/07B
Best Lap Time: 0m58.885s
Total laps: 136
Total Distance: 442.544km
"We spent the day checking different set-ups and balance
of the new car. In addition to this, we worked on dry and
wet tyres tests as well as preparations for the next race
at Nürburgring. I feel the car shows promise, but like
everything that is new, we still have work to do and we will
see at the next test how the car evolves."
ANALYZE THIS
Panasonic Toyota Racing continued its test programme for a
second day taking a look back at past race issues and gaining
important results in preparation for the races to come.
Dieter Gass, Chief Race and Test Team Engineer:
"Altogether we had a good test day. In the morning we
spent some time with the old car analyzing and trying to understand
some of the issues we had at the race last week. We found
some positive results and this is a step forward for us. Both
cars were performing tyre tests and we added a wet tyre test
to the programme, due to the rainfall that we experienced.
The new car was running well without any major issues, which
is also very good. We will continue to work on this new car
to maximize its potential, but we are happy with the results
we gathered today."
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