Valencia Test – Day 2
Wednesday 23 January 2008
Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Drivers: Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock
Track length: 4.000km
KEEPING UP THE GOOD WORK
Panasonic Toyota Racing kept up the good work with another
positive day of testing at Valencia, with Jarno Trulli and
Timo Glock again at the wheel. Another sunny day in Spain
meant track conditions were perfect for testing and both drivers
focused on set-up, with aerodynamic evaluations high on the
priority list along with suspension settings and other mechanical
adjustments. The two TF108s ran without trouble all day and,
with few red flags to interrupt proceedings, both Jarno and
Timo took the opportunity to gather a lot of useful set-up
data, with each driver completing more than a race distance.
Jarno and Timo will continue tomorrow for the final day of
testing at Valencia.
Jarno Trulli - Chassis TF108-01
Best Lap Time: 1min 13.547s
Position: 15th
Total laps: 96
Total distance: 384km
“It was a difficult day for me because I did a lot
of laps and I had to spend the whole day gathering some specific
data to send to the factory in order to understand what we
can improve on the car. The car was not particularly well
balanced but this was the plan for today in order to study
certain aspects of its behaviour. I am happy because I completed
all the work I had planned. I wasn’t looking at lap
times at all today – the main thing was to get all the
data we needed.”
Timo Glock - Chassis TF108-02
Best Lap Time: 1min 13.129s
Position: 11th
Total laps: 95
Total distance: 380km
“It went pretty well and again the car ran smoothly
so we completed quite a few laps to make it a very productive
day. We did a lot of work again on set-up and we tried many
different settings to see what affect they had on performance.
We are understanding more about the car every time we test
and I am quite happy with how things are going. I think we
are moving in the right direction and we know what we have
to work on.”
Dieter Gass, Chief Engineer Race and Test
“Today went according to plan and both Timo and Jarno
completed their programmes without any problems. I have to
say, so far the new car has shown very impressive reliability.
Today we mainly concentrated on aerodynamic testing, trying
various different configurations and comparing the results.
I would say we are making good progress; we had another productive
day and we have again improved our understanding of the new
car. We expect to continue this tomorrow, when we will run
a similar programme.”
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