By Renault Press Release
December 8 2005

The Renault F1 Team concluded testing for the week in Jerez today, with Heikki Kovalainen and Franck Montagny continuing to rack up the miles testing solutions in preparation for 2006. In spite of numerous red flags, both drivers completed over 100 laps.


Franck’s day focused solely around extensive brake testing and development. His running was composed of long runs on old tyres, as he compared different solutions.

On the other side of the garage, Heikki focused on tyre testing with technical partner Michelin, testing solutions for 2006 on both short and long runs.

In total, the two cars completed 1941 km during their two days at Jerez. The team will return to action at the same circuit, from 14 – 17 December, with the final day used as a wet tyre test.

Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: “We had another very productive day in Jerez. Both drivers were able to start running quickly, and progressed well with their programmes. Our technical solution for these test sessions, using a known R25 package to establish a good baseline for tyre and vehicle development, is so far proving extremely useful as we are completing very high mileages every day, and making solid progress for 2006. We hope to continue in the same manner next week.”



DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS

1 Badoer Ferrari 1'18.218 15

2 Button Honda 1'19.086 70

3 Kovalainen Renault 1'19.282 107

4 Montagny Renault 1'19.365 104

5 Briscoe Toyota 1'19.567 65

6 Trulli Toyota 1'19.939 52

7 Webber Williams 1'20.312 47

8 Rosberg Williams 1'20.461 37

9 Paffett McLare 1'20.485 69

10 Rossiter Honda 1'20.585 69

11 Coulthard Red Bull 1'20.878 47

12 Wurz McLaren 1'20.894 30

13 Klien Red Bull 1'21.026 11

14 Gene Ferrari 1'21.113 14

15 Van Hooydonk Midland 1'21.619 76

16 Villeneuve BMW 1'21.681 64

17 Monteiro Midland 1'24.441 23