Paul Ricard Test: Day 2
Location: Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France
Drivers: Olivier Panis, Ricardo Zonta
Track Length: 3.818km
Panasonic Toyota Racing continued its three-day test programme
at the Circuit Paul Ricard with drivers Oliver Panis and Ricardo
Zonta at the wheel. A planned chassis change on Oliver Panis'
car caused a delay in the morning; nevertheless, he hit the
track in the afternoon to focus on tyre testing for the Imola
tyre choice. Ricardo Zonta had a full day of testing also
concentrating on trying different tyre constructions for the
next race.
IN THE FAST LANE
Ricardo Zonta once again put in a large amount of laps and
secured a good lap time for the team.
Ricardo Zonta - Chassis TF106/01
Best Lap Time: 1m04.655s
Total laps: 133
Total Distance: 507.794km
"We tried numerous things today and continued our tyre
test. My car was reliable and therefore I could put in a lot
of laps. We will do longs runs tomorrow as we did not have
enough time to finish them today, because we had to concentrate
on gaining results for the Imola tyre choice."
AGAINST THE CLOCK
Due to a change in chassis, Olivier Panis' work day started
after lunch, only to be cut short further by some set-up adjustments.
Olivier Panis - Chassis TF106/03
Best Lap Time: 1m05.524s
Total laps: 47
Total Distance: 179.446km
"We wanted to use the race chassis today, which the
team did a good job of setting-up in time for the second half
of the day. It turned out to be a hard day for me and my team,
as we had some issues with different set-ups in the afternoon,
but we are still positive and looking forward to tomorrow
to finish the tyre testing that we need to achieve."
CIRCUIT DU SOLEIL
General Manager Car Design and Development, Pascal Vasselon:
"Our day has been a little less productive than yesterday,
but altogether we are quite advanced now in our preparations
for San Marino and Nurbürgring. We are reasonably confident
that we have looked at all our options for the tyre choice
and we will just finish up some long runs tomorrow. The most
positive thing is that the weather is finally similar to race
conditions, which allows us to better simulate what we can
expect at coming races during the season."
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