A productive second day in Jerez for the ING Renault F1 Team

07/02/07, Jerez, Spain

Nelson Piquet Jr., R27-02, 76 laps, best time: 1:20.070 Ricardo Zonta, R27-01, 86 laps, best time: 1:20.767

The ING Renault F1 Team enjoyed a productive second day of testing Jerez as test drivers Nelson Piquet Jr. and Ricardo Zonta continued their development work with the R27.

Following on from a solid opening day, the team's Brazilian test driver duo completed the day's programme with relative ease, racking up a total of 162 laps.

After a first day of acclimatisation with his new team and the new R27, Ricardo Zonta was able to begin running a full technical programme today. His focus during this second day of testing with the team was on evaluating different aerodynamic configurations, as well as brake testing.

Team-mate Piquet focused on a set-up programme throughout the day over relatively short runs, and his programme was only disrupted by some light rainfall in the early afternoon. Nelsinho's programme produced some interesting data, which the team will hope to confirm during running tomorrow, and future test sessions.

Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk summarised the team's efforts: "We made some good progress today, particularly with Nelson's car on which we found some interesting set-up directions that we will explore further over the next tests. Ricardo is now feeling more comfortable in the car and was able to start his full programme today. He evaluated a variety of different aerodynamic configurations, but like any new driver he is still getting used to working with his new team and a new car. So far, though, everything has gone pretty smoothly, and he is doing a good job for the team."

 DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS1 MASSA Ferrari 1'19.746 462 HAMILTON McLaren 1'19.821 1093 KUBICA BMW 1'19.839 964 ALONSO McLaren 1'20.046 1015 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'20.058 466 PIQUET Renault 1'20.070 767 WURZ Williams 1'20.132 788 ROSBERG Williams 1'20.143 669 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1'20.604 5910 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1'20.629 3611 COULTHARD Red Bull Racing 1'20.702 7012 HEIDFELD BMW 1'20.710 8013 BUTTON Honda 1'20.751 10014 ZONTA Renault 1'20.767 8615 TRULLI Toyota 1'20.898 8016 ANDRETTI Honda 1'22.151 74