Jerez Test Round-Up
Thursday 19 January 2006
Dates: January 17-19
Location: Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Spain
Track length: 4.423km
Drivers:
Jarno Trulli (Best lap 1m18.657s, total laps 186)
Ralf Schumacher (Best lap 1m19.373s, total laps 123)
Panasonic Toyota Racing today completed the last day of this
week's test programme at Jerez. Ralf Schumacher and Jarno
Trulli were again at the wheel putting in work on set-up,
suspension 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 Barcelona next week as the team continues its preparations
for the start of the 2006 season.
FUEL OF PROMISE
Ralf Schumacher today carried out suspension and tyre tests,
putting in 60 laps and stopping briefly only for a fuel system
problem.
Ralf Schumacher – Chassis TF106/01
Best lap time: 1m19.373s
Total laps: 60
Total distance: 265.4km
"We have spent the week mainly doing set-up and working
on different suspension settings. Today we've put in some
work on the set-up to find a bit of direction for the new
tyres and this afternoon I did a tyre test. Of course it takes
a while to adapt to a new tyre manufacturer and we're still
in the early stages. It's a complicated process with constant
development going on but we are feeling pretty confident that
we can make good progress ahead of the new season. We have
a lot of tests still to do, so we'll be working hard over
the rest of the winter."
TYRING COLLECTION
Jarno Trulli put in a lot of miles on his last day at Jerez
as he continued to test tyres and suspension.
Jarno Trulli – Chassis TF106/02
Best lap time: 1m20.333s
Total laps: 75
Total distance: 331.7km
"This has been another interesting week of putting mileage
on the new TF106. We have been able to do some work on set-up,
suspension settings and tyres. This morning we carried out
another tyre construction test and we gained some useful data.
We had a positive afternoon's work too, working on different
front and rear suspension. So overall it's been a good day
and we look forward to keeping up our preparations at Barcelona
next week."
BRIDGING THE GAP
Panasonic Toyota Racing today completed its three-day test
at Jerez, having gained some useful data on the team's new
Bridgestone tyres.
Pascal Vasselon, General Manager Car Design and Development
"This was our second straight test at Jerez, so our focus
here this week was to finalise our evaluation of the Bridgestone
tyres at this type of track. We have also looked at some very
interesting chassis options. There have been a few disruptions
with technical problems but testing is all about evaluating
the limit of certain parts. We have always run our own work
and development in parallel with the tyre development. We
may have a new tyre partner but while that makes things slightly
more challenging it is still usual business for us. Now we
will head to Barcelona and Valencia where we will face very
different but complementary conditions for our preparations
for the 2006 season."
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