Monza Test – Day 4
Friday 31 August 2007
Location: Monza, Italy
Driver: Ralf Schumacher
Track length: 5.793 kms
WET, WET, WET
The elements once again forced a re-think for Panasonic Toyota
Racing at Monza as rain lashed down at the Autodromo Nazionale,
where nine of the eleven F1 teams had stayed on to take advantage
of the extra rain day following lost time on Thursday. Once
again it was a case of an installation lap for Ralf Schumacher
and then no meaningful testing until after a rescheduled early
lunch break. The temperature increased and the sun came out
for the afternoon session and Ralf was finally able to concentrate
on some largely mechanical set-up work ahead of next week’s
Italian Grand Prix.
Ralf Schumacher - Chassis TF107/06
Best Lap Time: 1min 24.171s
Position: 5th
Total laps: 46
Total distance: 266.478kms
“It was a little bit frustrating today and once again
we lost the morning to rain. The track surface was ‘green’
once again and we lost a bit more time in the afternoon when
the car stopped due to a small technical issue. I was concentrating
on mechanical aspects of the set-up but at the end of the
day I still felt that we had work to do. It was also difficult
to make meaningful comparisons at the end of the session when
someone lost an engine and oil went down at Turn 1.”
Gerd Pfeiffer, Test Team Manager
“The test got off to a good start and we ran the first
two days virtually without interruption and made strong progress
with Jarno. He had solid confidence in the car when he left
on Wednesday night and was looking forward to his home Grand
Prix. Ralf, meanwhile, has been more unfortunate, with the
weather wiping out both Thursday and Friday morning. It has
been a long test and the team has worked well, but Ralf feels
that there is still progress to be made and we will carefully
analyse the data before next Friday’s first practice
day at Monza.”
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