Location: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Drivers: Jarno Trulli, Franck Montagny
Track length: 5.412km
END OF PART ONE
 Panasonic
Toyota Racing completed the first part of its double-header
test at the Bahrain International Circuit today. Franck Montagny
replaced Ralf Schumacher in the cockpit and joined Jarno Trulli
on track today as the team made more progress on fine-tuning
the TF107. Franck’s programme required several long
runs as he looked to complete at least a race distance while
Jarno focused on set-up options with the new aerodynamic package.
Jarno’s progress was interrupted by gearbox control
issues during the morning and he caused a red flag at midday
when he stopped on the circuit, but Franck racked up the laps
before lunch thanks to some trouble-free running. He managed
more than a race distance in the morning alone and both drivers
were busy in the afternoon gathering data which the team will
now study before testing resumes in Bahrain on Tuesday, with
Jarno and Franck again doing the driving.
Jarno Trulli - Chassis TF107/03
Best Lap Time: 1min 33.062s
Position: 15th
Total laps: 105
Total distance: 568.2kms
“The positive thing from today was that we did a lot
of miles, almost twice a race distance and this should be
very helpful to us. Unfortunately my lap times were not that
good but that was more because we were concentrating on long
runs rather than qualifying simulations. It has been a reasonable
day and the laps I did helped us evaluate several things on
the car, including our new aero package.”
Franck Montagny - Chassis TF107/01
Best Lap Time: 1min 32.917s
Position: 13th
Total laps: 111
Total distance: 600.7kms
“It was an interesting day because both of the cars
did over a hundred laps. This morning we were able to do a
race distance with no problems. Unfortunately my fastest lap
time was not great so that was disappointing but step by step
we will find that. It was more important that we completed
our programme and did a race dis afternoon and now we will
see how that all comes together next week.”
Dieter Gass, Chief Engineer Race and Test
“We wrapped up the first part of the Bahrain test in
a positive way, putting a lot of miles on both cars without
major problems. We had a planned engine and gearbox change
over lunchtime on Franck’s car. That took a bit more
time than we expected but nevertheless he completed the programme
as planned which was good. Jarno also went through our programme
and found some interesting bits in terms of the set-up. We
will now have to analyse the work we have done this week and
focus a little bit more on performance during the next test.”
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