Barcelona Test Day 1
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Driver: Timo Glock
Track Length: 4.655km
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With the first three flyaway races of 2008 completed, Panasonic
Toyota Racing returned to European action today with testing
at the Circuit de Catalunya. After the heat of Australia,
Malaysia and Bahrain, conditions at Barcelona were cool by
comparison with cloudy skies for much of the day and a shower
shortly before the end of the day. Timo Glock was in the driving
seat for Toyota as the team began preparations for the Spanish
Grand Prix here on April 27. He concentrated on testing the
TF108's aerodynamics, which will feature a major update for
the first European race, along with work on set-up and other
systems. Timo had a solid day's running, putting in 93 laps.
He is scheduled to continue testing for Toyota tomorrow at
the same track.
Timo Glock - Chassis TF108-05
Best lap time: 1m 22.590s
Position: 8th
Total laps: 93
Total distance: 432.9km
"Today was a productive day and the team and mechanics
did a good job. Everybody was focused on the new bits and
pieces that we have brought and trying to find the right way
forward. In the end that's what we did. I made one small mistake
in the morning and spun off but it didn't cost us too much
running time. In the afternoon we collected a lot of data
to look at and now we just have to fine-tune that. Hopefully
overnight we can find the right direction from all the information
we have gathered today. The time sheets might not show it
yet but I'm happy with our work so far."
Gerd Pfeiffer, Test Team Manager
"Our main aim for the week is to prepare for the Spanish
Grand Prix here in ten days' time. We will be concentrating
on the revised aerodynamics package on the TF108 along with
setting up the car for the race. Timo tested the new parts
today and we collected some useful data, even if the afternoon
was windy so that made it difficult to make detailed comparisons
during his long runs. Overall we made it through a solid amount
of work today so that was positive."
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