Paul Ricard Testing, Day 1, 14/05/2008
15/05/08 14:58
The ING Renault F1 Team completes its first day at
Paul Ricard
Lucas Di Grassi R28-04, 146 laps, 511km, fastest lap 1:07.430
The ING Renault F1 Team resumed its testing programme today, completing the first of three days at Paul
Ricard. The team focussed on a busy programme of development work in preparation for the Monaco Grand Prix
next week.
Lucas Di Grassi was in the cockpit as the team ran on a short configuration of the French circuit to try and
simulate the conditions for Monaco next week. The Brazilian made the most of ideal weather conditions to
complete 146 laps as he evaluated some development pieces that the team hopes to introduce in the coming
races.
It was a productive day and the team was able to complete most of its goals. Nelson Piquet will be in action
tomorrow, taking over from Lucas and will remain in the car for the rest of the week.
Lucas Di Grassi: “Today we were preparing the car for the race in Monaco next week and so we needed to test
some new parts to make sure that everything was okay. The day was quite productive and we tested most of
what we needed to, and I was happy to be back in the car and to complete so many laps. So a good day’s
work.”
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: “It was a reasonable first day of running, with good mileage and so we
were able to complete quite a lot of our test objectives. We did so much running because the weather forecast
for the rest of the week is a bit uncertain, and so if the weather does deteriorate we’ve got as much work done
as possible. It was also important to give Lucas a good number of laps in the car, which is what he needs at the
moment.”
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 HAMILTON McLaren 1 :05.600 84
2 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1 :06.098 103
3 KUBICA BMW 1 :06.177 124
4 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1 :06.348 93
5 VETTEL Toro Rosso 1 :06.372 91
6 ROSBERG Williams 1 :06.571 154
7 WURZ Honda 1 :06.681 131
8 GLOCK Toyota 1 :06.936 93
9 LIUZZI Force India 1 :07.346 106
10 DI GRASSI ING Renault F1
Team 1 :07.430 146
Lucas Di Grassi R28-04, 146 laps, 511km, fastest lap 1:07.430
The ING Renault F1 Team resumed its testing programme today, completing the first of three days at Paul
Ricard. The team focussed on a busy programme of development work in preparation for the Monaco Grand Prix
next week.
Lucas Di Grassi was in the cockpit as the team ran on a short configuration of the French circuit to try and
simulate the conditions for Monaco next week. The Brazilian made the most of ideal weather conditions to
complete 146 laps as he evaluated some development pieces that the team hopes to introduce in the coming
races.
It was a productive day and the team was able to complete most of its goals. Nelson Piquet will be in action
tomorrow, taking over from Lucas and will remain in the car for the rest of the week.
Lucas Di Grassi: “Today we were preparing the car for the race in Monaco next week and so we needed to test
some new parts to make sure that everything was okay. The day was quite productive and we tested most of
what we needed to, and I was happy to be back in the car and to complete so many laps. So a good day’s
work.”
Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: “It was a reasonable first day of running, with good mileage and so we
were able to complete quite a lot of our test objectives. We did so much running because the weather forecast
for the rest of the week is a bit uncertain, and so if the weather does deteriorate we’ve got as much work done
as possible. It was also important to give Lucas a good number of laps in the car, which is what he needs at the
moment.”
DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS
1 HAMILTON McLaren 1 :05.600 84
2 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1 :06.098 103
3 KUBICA BMW 1 :06.177 124
4 WEBBER Red Bull Racing 1 :06.348 93
5 VETTEL Toro Rosso 1 :06.372 91
6 ROSBERG Williams 1 :06.571 154
7 WURZ Honda 1 :06.681 131
8 GLOCK Toyota 1 :06.936 93
9 LIUZZI Force India 1 :07.346 106
10 DI GRASSI ING Renault F1
Team 1 :07.430 146