Jerez Test Day 3
Thursday July 26, 2007
Location: Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera,
Spain
Driver: Jarno Trulli
Track Length: 4.423km
THE FINAL FRONTERA
Panasonic Toyota Racing today completed its week’s
testing with a third day of running at Jerez de la Frontera
in the south of Spain. Following the impressive reliability
of the first two days, Jarno Trulli was forced to miss some
of this morning’s session after an oil leak. The test
team changed his engine and that ate into much of the early
action when the track was at its quickest. The afternoon was
more successful and Jarno ended up with a total of 70 laps
of set-up, starts, suspension, brakes and aero work. Toyota’s
next racing appointment is next week’s Hungarian GP
at the Hungaroring, where similarly high temperatures are
expected.
Jarno Trulli – Chassis TF107/01
Best lap time: 1m 20.377s
Position: 6th
Total laps: 70
Total distance: 309.6km
“The main thing to say about today was that it was
so hot! When the asphalt is as hot as this it makes it difficult
to get consistent data. Still, it was quite a positive day,
we tried out various things in preparation for the next race
in Hungary, which is likely to be just as hot and could be
even hotter. We missed some track time in the morning due
to an oil leak. There was no breakage but the problem required
an engine change. That made for a busy afternoon but we carried
out some useful work on starts, aero and set-up for the Hungaroring.
In the end we made it through our planned 70 laps.”
Gerd Pfeiffer, Test Team Manager
“Today started slowly for us because of the problem
we had with an oil leak. It started early in the day and though
there was no breakage we changed the engine when the leak
got too heavy. The afternoon was more positive and Jarno’s
programme was similar to yesterday’s for Ralf. We carried
out set-up and aero comparisons for the next grand prix in
Hungary, along with suspension and starts. Overall this has
been a good test and it’s always important to run in
hot conditions. This year’s mileage restriction for
testing means that there is no room for error. If you take
the wrong direction with any testing you have no margin if
you want to keep running at the end of the year. So we have
to budget carefully for the laps we use. But this week has
worked well and gone according to plan.”
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