Valencia - Renault - TestingRenault today completed a four-day test session in Valencia, Spain. The session was once again focused on putting as many miles as possible on the R27-RS27 package, which was running for the first time in its new 2007 livery. The session had
already been scheduled over three days, but was extended for a fourth day after poor weather disrupted running on the first two days.
The final day of testing saw
Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen focus initially on endurance testing, and this programme saw them complete several long runs as part of their race simulation work. Then, during the afternoon, both drivers were able to work on set-up development with the R27, in order to improve their understanding of the car’s handling and responsiveness to set-up adjustments.
Today Fisichella and Kovalainen set the fifth and seventh fastest times respectively.
Overall, the session proved positive, and the final day went smoothly. The team was pleased to collect a large amount of useful data, which will be built on during a three-day test next week in Jerez.
Fisichella will once again be in action for the team, alongside Ricardo Zonta, who will be testing for the team for the first time.
“We had to juggle with our programme according to unpredictable weather this week, but we were nevertheless able to make good progress with our primary objective: endurance testing of the new package to ensure optimum reliability, which is our priority at this stage of the season," Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk explained. "We had some very encouraging results on that front, and will look to focus more on performance testing during our next session in Jerez.”
Source Renault
