Valencia Test – Day 2
Wednesday 31 January 2007
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Drivers: Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli
Track length: 4.000km
POSITIVE PROGRESS
Panasonic Toyota Racing continued its positive start to pre-season
testing with another productive day at the Circuit Ricardo
Tormo in Valencia. After his strong showing yesterday, Jarno
Trulli was joined by Ralf Schumacher, who returned to the
wheel of the TF107 for the first time since the car’s
initial shakedown runs. As with yesterday, the session started
quietly as the team bided their time before setting any serious
laps due to a damp track and cold temperatures. When track
conditions improved and grooved tyres could be used, both
Jarno and Ralf began their work on perfecting the set-up of
the new car, trying different combinations as they look to
get the best out of the TF107. A lot of useful information
was recorded and the drivers once again gave positive feedback
on the performance of their new car before more wet weather
brought a premature end to the day.
Ralf Schumacher - Chassis TF107/701
Best Lap Time: 1min 13.839s
Total laps: 31
Total distance: 124km
“We had damp conditions in the morning so we had to
wait a while before we could go out. After that is was a good
day and we made some good progress. We had to stop a little
early because of the rain unfortunately, there was no point
continuing in those conditions. The car felt good again, just
as it did on the first day I drove it at Paul Ricard for the
shakedown. I must say it seems to be a step forward but we
have to wait a little longer to see what the others are up
to.”
Jarno Trulli - Chassis TF107/702
Best Lap Time: 1min 13.297s
Total laps: 46
Total distance: 184km
“Today went pretty well and we managed to get a lot
of work done but we had to stop a little bit early because
of the rain. There was no point going out on a wet track as
that would have been a waste of tyres. I had a good feeling
again with the car and I am optimistic about it, but it is
still too early to really u d how much potential it has. It
has been a good day and I am happy we have made some more
progress.”
Pascal Vasselon, Senior General Manager Chassis
“Today was a successful day for us. We were able to
run plenty of laps with both cars and that gave us a lot of
information about how the car performs using different set-ups.
We were also able to check the systems on the new car, which
I am pleased to say is running smoothly. It was difficult
to compare set-ups in the morning as the track conditions
were changing constantly but before the late afternoon rain
we were able to do some important work. Obviously with a new
car there is a lot to do before we can find the optimum set-up
but we have again made good progress. Now we look forward
to continuing this good work tomorrow.”
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