Bahrain Test – Day 2
Location: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Drivers: Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli
Track length: 5.412km
BACK ON TRACK
Panasonic Toyota Racing completed its penultimate day of
testing at the Bahrain International Circuit today with Ralf
Schumacher back in action alongside Jarno Trulli. Ralf recovered
from his sore back following a rest yesterday afternoon and
he returned to join Jarno in trying out different set-ups
and gathering information from the new aerodynamic package.
Several red flags early in the morning limited running and
Jarno’s progress was disrupted further when a gearbox
issue caused him to spin, bringing out the red flags. Throttle
control and gearbox trouble cost Jarno further time in the
afternoon but Ralf was able to make good progress and completed
well over a race distance before clutch repairs ended his
session an hour early. Ralf will resume his programme tomorrow
for the final day of the test, with Franck Montagny replacing
Jarno.
Ralf Schumacher - Chassis TF107/03
Best Lap Time: 1min 33.054s
Position: 13th
Total laps: 84
Total distance: 454.6kms
“Today we did a lot of running and that was positive.
We had a few different things in our programme we wanted to
go through and we managed to do that. It was particularly
good to get a lot of laps in today because of what happened
yesterday, when I didn’t test in the afternoon. My back
is fine and I was able to do more than a normal Grand Prix
distance without any real trouble. Now I hope to end our test
here with a positive day tomorrow.”
Jarno Trulli - Chassis TF107/01
Best Lap Time: 1min 33.384s
Position: 16th
Total laps: 41
Total distance: 221.8kms
“Today was the hardest day of the test for me. I had
gearbox issues and an engine problem so I could not do much
proper running. We have one more test before the start of
the season so hopefully we can make improvements. There are
some issues that we need to fix but obviously that is what
testing is for and I remain confident.”
Pascal
through quite a lot of problems and we are not really happy
with the reliability record on his car today. Still, despite
this lack of running, his programme has been very fruitful.
It has been useful in terms of results and they have been
interesting. Ralf had much better conditions but at the end
of the session he had an issue with the clutch which forced
him to stop early. Overall he had a good day which went smoothly
and brought us some very interesting results.”
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