Valencia Test Update: Day 2
Thursday 2 February 2006
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Drivers: Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli
Track length: 4.000km
Panasonic Toyota Racing drivers Ralf Schumacher and Jarno
Trulli today carried on their week of testing at the Valencia
circuit in Spain. Both Jarno and Ralf continued their individual
tyre testing programmes, busy collecting important data for
the further development and progress of the entire TF106 set-up.
Ralf will return to action tomorrow for the final day of the
week's test alongside Toyota's third driver Ricardo Zonta.
Each day Toyota is gaining confidence that the hard work put
into its winter test programme will assist in the team being
competitive in 2006.
UP AND RUNNING
After venturing out onto a slippery track this morning, Ralf
Schumacher was able to finish his first day of testing in
Valencia with many long runs.
Ralf Schumacher – Chassis TF106/02
Best lap time: 1m 12.182s
Total laps: 92
Total distance: 368.0km
"Today we have been able to carry out a lot of tyre
testing. We didn't have any technical problems and we put
in some long runs so it was a successful day. Valencia has
always been a difficult circuit to test on, and it is no different
this time. It's also hard to make comparisons with the last
time I tested here because we have a different engine and
tyres. But we are keeping up our good work and in general
we are happy with what we've seen today."
GETTING A HEAD START
Jarno Trulli completed his Valencia test, where he concentrated
on tyre testing and preparations for the new season.
Jarno Trulli – Chassis TF106/01
Best lap time: 1m 12.513s
Total laps: 72
Total distance: 288.0km
"This has been a useful couple of days of testing. Today
I continued the work I started yesterday on tyres and set-up
and completed a lot of laps. Over the last couple of tests
we have been trying to understand how to get the right temperature
in the tyres. During winter testing, this is difficult because
we do not have the best conditions, but we have been learning
more and more about the car behaviour. When we introduce the
new aero package we will get an idea of how competitive we
are."
CONSTRUCTION ZONE
Panasonic Toyota Racing concluded its second day of testing
on a positive note.
Dieter Gass, Chief Engineer Race and Test
"This was another productive day with a lot of tyre testing
for us. Yesterday we were able to collect some good data about
the wet tyres, but today we concentrated mainly on construction
development. We had quite a trouble-free day technically,
and that allowed us to run through our entire programme. We
tried putting in some long runs and again we saw quite a good
improvement. Now we will look for further progress tomorrow
to round off the week."
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