Location: Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Spain
Drivers: Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli
Track length: 4.428km
ON THE FINISHING STRAIGHT
Panasonic Toyota Racing completed its penultimate day of
testing before the start of the 2007 season at the Circuito
Permanente de Jerez today. Race drivers Ralf Schumacher and
Jarno Trulli took the wheel for the private test in Spain
and both drivers helped the team put the finishing touches
to the TF107 prior to the Australian Grand Prix. Today’s
programme focused on finalising the team’s package for
the opening race of the season, with a Melbourne-specification
aerodynamic update on the car for the first time. Some rain
in the morning meant track temperatures were quite low to
start the day, around 18°C, but the track dried during
the morning and in the afternoon conditions improved with
track temperatures hitting 22°C. Ralf and Jarno were able
to put plenty of laps on the car, gathering important information
which will help the team prepare for the Melbourne race, as
well as practicing launches. The driving line-up will remain
the same tomorrow, for the final day of pre-season testing.
Ralf Schumacher - Chassis TF107/01
Best Lap Time: 1min 20.389s
Position: 2nd
Total laps: 81
Total distance: 358.6kms
“Today went quite well and we did a lot of useful work.
The first race of the season is very close now so we tried
a few different set-ups which went well. We are making progress
and it was good to be able to do a lot of laps today without
any problems with the car. We now have only one day of testing
left before the season starts so we need to make the most
of the opportunity and really push to be ready for Melbourne.”
Jarno Trulli - Chassis TF107/04
Best Lap Time: 1min 19.710s
Position: 1st
Total laps: 112
Total distance: 495.9kms
“We did a lot of laps today, more than two race distances,
so I am pleased with how things have gone. After our tests
in Bahrain it is good to put some more miles on the car and
try out
have made a good start today. I am optimistic we will continue
to make progress tomorrow on our final day.”
Dieter Gass, Chief Engineer Race and Test
“We had quite a successful day today, even though we
had a slow start because of the wet track in the morning.
Still we got a lot of items tested in our final preparation
for the first race of the season, running the complete race
one aero package for the very first time today. Jarno had
a trouble-free day and ran through the complete programme
working on finalising the set-up preparation for Melbourne.
Ralf spun twice and lost a little bit of time. Apart from
that he had no major issues as well and, like Jarno, we worked
on car set-up.”
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