Toyota - Valencia Test Round-Up - 3rd Feb
Dates: February 1-3, 2006
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Track length: 4.000km
Drivers:
Ralf Schumacher (Best lap 1m 11.843s, total laps 168)
Ricardo Zonta (Best lap 1m 11.938s, total laps 195)
Jarno Trulli (Best lap 1m 12.143s, total laps 183)
Panasonic Toyota Racing today completed the last day of this
week's test programme at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.
Ralf Schumacher and Ricardo Zonta were at the wheel putting
in work on set-up and on the team's new Bridgestone tyres.
Both had productive days, putting in a lot of laps and collecting
useful data to round off the week's work. Toyota is now scheduled
to test at Jerez next week as the team continues its preparations
for the start of the 2006 season.
JOB WELL DONE
Ralf Schumacher concluded another week of winter testing with
focus having been on the tyre programme.
Ralf Schumacher – Chassis TF106/02
Best lap time: 1m11.843s
Total laps: 76
Total distance: 304.0km
"Today we did many runs working on the car with different
set-ups. We ran really well without any major problems and
were therefore rather successful, so it was a good day. We
are heading in the right direction with the tyre testing and
when the new aerodynamic package arrives in the coming tests,
we will see how competitive we are going to be."
GOING THE DISTANCE
Ricardo Zonta rounded off his final testing day in Valencia,
adding mileage to the engine and putting in quite a few laps.
Ricardo Zonta – Chassis TF106/01
Best lap time: 1m11.938s
Total laps: 115
Total distance: 460.0km
"Today was a long day and we were able to put in a lot
of laps. We spent most of the time doing tyre tests and trying
out different set-ups. This week has been about getting as
much data as we can to improve the car and see how much progress
we can make. For today's tyre tests I did some short runs
of five laps each, but mainly we were trying to see the consistency
over longer runs. We didn't have any reliability problems
so it was a positive day."
STEPPING (BRIDGE) STONES
Panasonic Toyota Racing today completed its three-day test
at Valencia with reliable performance from both cars.
Dieter Gass, Chief Engineer Race and Test
"I think we had quite a positive test over the three
days in Valencia. The car was running very reliably and therefore
we got a lot of work done with the tyres. We made some interesting
progress with the tyres, trying some new specifications and
working on the car set-up to adapt to the Bridgestone tyres.
Next week in Jerez we will work again on a similar programme,
studying how to obtain the right temperatures to make the
tyres perform properly."
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