Barcelona Test Day 3
Wednesday February 27, 2008
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Drivers: Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock
Track Length: 4.655km
WINTER WARM-UP
The good weather continued at Barcelona for the last day of
official winter testing before the start of the 2008 Formula
1 season. Panasonic Toyota Racing used the time available
to carry out final preparations for the Australian Grand Prix,
now just over a fortnight away. Race drivers Jarno Trulli
and Timo Glock worked on fine-tuning set-ups and finishing
off their groundwork for the first race. Jarno even set the
fastest time of the day during a qualifying run while the
track was at its best in the morning. He finished with 83
laps while Timo managed 65 after a more disrupted day. The
next time Toyota will be on track with the rest of the F1
grid will be in Melbourne for Friday practice on March 14.
Jarno Trulli – Chassis TF108-02
Best lap time: 1m 20.801s
Position: 1st
Total laps: 83
Total distance: 386.4km
“That was another positive day. We made some progress
in understanding the car and the set-up. Even though this
is only a test, it’s nice to see the mechanics and the
guys smiling because today’s times are good motivation.
There is still room for improvement but this shows the team
has done a good job over the winter tests. Of course we won’t
know the real running order until Melbourne but I’m
quite confident for the season. It’s definitely looking
much better than last year so I’m happy for the team.”
Timo Glock – Chassis TF108-04
Best lap time: 1m 22.155s
Position: 11th
Total laps: 65
Total distance: 302.6km
“Today was a frustrating day for me. I didn’t
find a way to set up the car to my driving style and the pace
suffered as a result. It’s strange that on the first
morning we had okay pace then it’s been dropping off
during the week. Perhaps the problem is the hard tyre but
we will have to analyse all the data. At the moment it doesn’t
bode well for Australia but we have a couple of weeks to turn
things around.”
Pascal Vasselon, Senior General Manager Chassis
“Given the mixed weather we faced here last week it
was important to complete more running over these three days.
This week shows that our preparations for Melbourne have been
going very well. After Jarno’s satisfying long run yesterday
we did some very fruitful qualifying simulations today so
we feel ready for the first race. Timo was more unfortunate
to have a small off at the start of his qualifying simulation,
compromising his run plan today. But we have done enough mileage
so far over the winter to be confident that we can head to
Melbourne without any major concerns.”
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