Paul Ricard Test – Day 4
Friday 18 May 2007
Location: Circuit Paul Ricard, France
Driver: Franck Montagny
Track length: 5.255 kms
FRENCH FINALE
Panasonic Toyota Racing completed its four-day test programme
at Paul Ricard in southern France today with Franck Montagny
again behind the wheel of the TF107. After changeable weather
on day three, the elements were kinder today with warmer temperatures
and no wind allowing the team to conduct some good preparation
for the North American races in June. Franck worked on various
set-up options as well as evaluating the Bridgestone tyres
and completed another day of trouble-free running. Today was
another productive session for Franck, who gathered a considerable
amount of information which will help the team prepare for
the races at Montreal and Indianapolis. The team is in action
again next week for the Monaco Grand Prix, with practice beginning
on Thursday.
Franck Montagny - Chassis TF107/03
Best Lap Time: 1min 29.312s
Position: 4th
Total laps: 79
Total distance: 415.145 kms
“The conditions were more favourable today and I was
able to make better progress. We did some suspension and general
set-up work and I also carried out more tyre evaluation. Without
the wind that we had yesterday it was easier to make some
more meaningful judgements in preparation for the North American
races. We are learning all the time. ”
Gerd Pfeiffer, Test Team Manager
“It has been a good comprehensive test and we have got
through everything we wanted to do. Logistically a test with
different circuit layouts is no more difficult to organise
as long as you know what you want to achieve and you plan
properly. It does not involve additional team personnel but
what you do notice is that four days is harder work than the
regular three days. I want to thank everyone for their efforts
this week. We started with Ralf doing two days concentrating
on Monte Carlo preparation, while Franck finished the test
on the faster circuit layout with the emphasis on Canada and
the USA. Both drivers had one day affected by winds but we
collected a lot of data for analysis back in Cologne.”
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