Jerez Test Update: Day 2
Wednesday 18 January 2006
Location: Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Spain
Drivers: Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli
Track length: 4.423km
Panasonic Toyota Racing drivers Ralf Schumacher and Jarno
Trulli today continued their week of testing at the Jerez
circuit in southern Spain. Unfortunately both drivers had
disrupted days and could not put in as many laps as they would
have hoped, but the team still gained useful experience of
the TF106. Ralf put in some solid work on suspension settings
but a gearshift problem limited his running time in the afternoon.
Jarno missed some of the morning session after a clutch sensor
problem but he carried out a tyre test in the afternoon and
posted the 2nd quickest time of the day. The two drivers will
be back at the track tomorrow for the final day of this week's
test.
SENSOR DIRECTION
Jarno Trulli missed some early running due to a clutch sensor
problem but he had a better afternoon, successfully completing
a tyre comparison.
Jarno Trulli – Chassis TF106/02
Best lap time: 1m18.657s
Total laps: 43
Total distance: 190.2km
"We are still getting through mileage and gaining experience
on the car. The clutch sensor problem this morning meant that
we could not get through a huge amount of work but the afternoon
was better, making this a reasonable day for us. We did some
set-up work and carried out some tyre comparisons and gained
useful data. Now we will look for a full day of running in
the last day of the test tomorrow."
SUSPENSION PLAN
Ralf Schumacher carried out a suspension comparison before
a gearshift problem cut short his day's work.
Ralf Schumacher – Chassis TF106/01
Best lap time: 1m20.587s
Total laps: 39
Total distance: 172.5km
"We couldn't get through as much work as we would have
liked today, but we still took a look at some different suspension
settings. It is a pity that we could not put in more laps
but at least the TF106 still feels good to drive and it is
well balanced. We will now look forward to a successful day
of running tomorrow to round off the week on a high note."
TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD
Despite the glitches, Panasonic Toyota Racing still made some
progress on this, the second day of its three-day test at
Jerez.
Gerd Pfeiffer, Test Team Manager
"That was a relatively difficult day of testing for us.
The testing day is quite short here anyway because the track
takes a while to warm up in the morning, so any lost running
time is difficult to make up. Ralf put in some solid work
in the morning but he lost time after lunch while we investigated
his gearshift problem. Jarno, by contrast, had a good afternoon
but missed out on some running in the morning with a clutch
sensor problem. Still, between them we were able to put in
a fair amount of laps and gain more experience of the TF106."
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