Monza Day 2

By Renault Press Release
August 26 2005

A mammoth day’s testing for the Mild Seven Renault F1 Team today in Monza, with the team completing 1600 km in a single day with two cars. Giancarlo Fisichella completed nearly three race distances, while Fernando Alonso was close to two and a half.

The heavy workload focused on tyre and brake testing, and was designed to protect the team against the forecasted threat of rain disrupting running tomorrow.

Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented:

“We had a big programme to run today, and it required a disciplined approach to get everything done. The bulk of our work was on tyre testing – compounds and constructions for both Monza and Spa. We also took time to conduct brake evaluation and tick this off our job list for the Grand Prix here in Monza, and also completed some set-up work for next weekend and the following race in Spa.”



DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS

1 MOY McLaren 1'19.827 119

2 RAI McLaren 1'20.067 73

3 FIS Renault 1'20.772 145

4 WEB Williams 1'20.967 118

5 MSC Ferrari 1'21.066 95

6 ALO Renault 1'21.088 127

7 BUT BAR 1'21.237 114

8 SAT BAR 1'21.440 90

9 BAD Ferrari 1'21.500 77

10 COU Red Bull 1'21.713 79

11 HEI Williams 1'21.81 58

12 KLI Red Bull 1'21.912 88

13 VIL Sauber 1'21.917 113

14 RSC Toyota 1'22.152 107

15 MON Jordan 1'23.383 47

16 DOO 1'24.800 75

17 KIE Jordan 1'24.800 55

18 KAR Jordan 1'25.092 38

19 PAN Panis 1'29.607 24