By Renault F1
December 15 2005

The Renault F1 Team began its final pre-Christmas test with Franck Montagny and Heikki Kovalainen in action at Jerez. The Renault F1 Team began its final winter test session of 2005 today at Jerez, with Franck Montagny and Heikki Kovalainen in action for the world champions. The Renault F1 Team began its final pre-Christmas test with Franck Montagny and Heikki Kovalainen in action at Jerez.


Running was delayed during the morning by cold circuit temperatures, which prevented useful running until the track had warmed up sufficiently. In spite of this, both drivers were able to make good progress on their respective programmes, with Franck Montagny working on tyre development for 2006 while Heikki Kovalainen worked on suspension evolutions.

Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: “Our work was delayed while the circuit came up to temperature this morning, but after that everything ran like clockwork. Obviously, the cooler temperatures at this time of year make it imperative to use track time effectively as possible, and we did a good job of that today, completing a total of 202 laps.”





DRIVER TEAM BEST LAPS

1 MONTAGNY Renault 1’18.793 97

2 KARTHIKEYAN Williams 1’19.149 38

3 MASSA Ferrari 1’19.257 68

4 ZONTA Toyota 1’19.533 76

5 KOVALAINEN Renault 1’19.619 105

6 DAVIDSON Honda 1’20.143 94

7 MONTOYA McLaren 1’20.199 36

8 WEBBER Williams 1’20.199 44

9 HEIDFELD BMW 1’20.334 75

10 DE LA ROSA McLaren 1’20.886 80

11 PERERA Toyota 1’21.560 19

12 PANIS Toyota 1’21.677 14

13 CARROLL Honda 1’21.941 84