Barcelona Test Day 2
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Drivers: Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock
Track Length: 4.655km
GETTING THE ALL CLEAR
After so much poor weather at Barcelona over the past two
weeks it was a welcome relief for all the teams to have a
full day of dry running today. Panasonic Toyota Racing has
this week brought two cars featuring its new aerodynamics
package for the first time. So race drivers Jarno Trulli and
Timo Glock both had busy days as the team collects data in
preparation for the Australian Grand Prix on March 16. Both
drivers did aero testing today along with work on brakes and
set-up. Timo and Jarno will return to the track tomorrow hoping
for similar conditions for the last full day of testing before
Melbourne.
Jarno Trulli – Chassis TF108-02
Best lap time: 1m 23.023s
Position: 12th
Total laps: 97
Total distance: 451.5km
“We have made good progress today. We made it through
a lot of different set-up work and we had a strong long run
in the afternoon. The car seems more suited to long runs than
to a single flying lap at the moment. So we still have some
work to do in order to get a qualifying lap because that is
important for the race. But in general it was a positive day.”
Timo Glock – Chassis TF108-04
Best lap time: 1m 23.551s
Position: 19th
Total laps: 80
Total distance: 372.4km
“After all the disruptions due to the weather it was
good to get a full day of running at last. But it was a difficult
day for me. We spent the day looking at set-up but with all
the changes we struggled to make the most of the improved
track conditions and the extra grip. So we will have to analyse
why that is overnight and aim to make a step forward tomorrow.”
Pascal Vasselon, Senior General Manager Chassis
“Finally we had a full dry day during which we could
work quite a lot and move forwards in our preparations for
Melbourne. Now we have all the information to decide the aero
configuration for race one. The new aerodynamics package we
brought here is a clear step forward. Things went quite well
with our race preparation for Jarno. We will dedicate tomorrow
to refinement but basically we are very pleased with his pace
today. Timo was running a different programme and we will
have to review the set-up direction with him tomorrow to see
how we can help him to progress.”
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