The ING Renault F1 Team made the most of the first day of fully-dry weather this week to complete a busy day of testing in Valencia, Spain.
01/02/07, Valencia, Spain
Giancarlo Fisichella, R27-02, 122 laps, 482 km, best lap: 1:11.522 Heikki Kovalainen, R27-01, 110 laps, 435 km, best lap: 1:11.648
The ING Renault F1 Team made the most of the first day of fully-dry weather this week to complete a busy day of testing in Valencia, Spain.
Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen got down to work immediately this morning, focusing primarily on reliability testing of the new R27.
The goal for both R27 chassis was to complete a full race distance, and for the drivers to practice techniques such as full pit-stops, startline procedures and race starts during the session.
The day proved extremely productive, with over 230 laps completed in total, and a promising level of performance from both cars. The team collected a large amount of useful data, and completed its entire programme in the allotted time. They hope to continue in the same vein tomorrow, as the test has been extended by a day owing to the poor weather earlier in the week.
Giancarlo Fisichella: "We had good track conditions for the first time this week, and we made good progress with the programme. That's a satisfying result, and I think we are pretty pleased with the information we have collected today."
Heikki Kovalainen: "This was a good day for the team, and we found some good directions that we can hone at the next tests. We still have another day of running to complete, and I hope it will be productive as this one was."
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS1 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'11.284 512 FISICHELLA Renault 1'11.522 1223 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'11.648 1104 ALONSO McLaren 1'11.722 975 HEIDFELD BMW 1'11.976 996 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'12.349 687 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1'12.367 698 MASSA Ferrari 1'12.441 999 KUBICA BMW 1'12.844 1910 BUTTON Honda 1'12.915 7911 DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1'13.144 13112 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'13.450 6013 ROSSITER Honda 1'13.696 314 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'13.801 2815 NAKAJIMA Williams 1'13.944 85
