By Renault F1
June 1 2006

After a damp start to the day in Spain Giancarlo and Heikki knuckled down to tyre testing for Silverstone during this afternoon’s running.This morning dawned grey and wet in Barcelona,limiting the Team’s work to exploratory laps in the morning, and restricted wet weather tyre and set-up evaluation

However, the skies cleared and circuit dried by lunchtime, allowing the team to begin working on its development programme for the week. Both cars ran reliably as Giancarlo and Heikki focused on tyre selection for the upcoming race in Silverstone, while Giancarlo also completed an extensive data logging programme.

The drivers completed over 150 laps in total, and finished the day second and third on the timesheets.

Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented: “We had a good first day. The weather disrupted our work early on, but after that, we were able to get our teeth into the tyre development programme. The performance of the car looks good – as we knew from the race here just over two weeks ago. We got plenty of laps done in spite of the delay, and look forward to building on this tomorrow and Friday.”


After a damp start to the day in Spain, Giancarlo and Heikki knuckled down to tyre testing for Silverstone during this afternoon’s running.


This morning dawned grey and wet in Barcelona, limiting the Renault F1 Team’s work to exploratory laps in the morning, and some restricted wet weather tyre and set-up evaluation.

However, the skies cleared and circuit dried by lunchtime, allowing the team to begin working on its development programme for the week. Both cars ran reliably as Giancarlo and Heikki focused on tyre selection for the upcoming race in Silverstone, while Giancarlo also completed an extensive data logging programme.

The drivers completed over 150 laps in total, and finished the day second and third on the timesheets.

Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented: “We had a good first day. The weather disrupted our work early on, but after that, we were able to get our teeth into the tyre development programme. The performance of the car looks good – as we knew from the race here just over two weeks ago. We got plenty of laps done in spite of the delay, and look forward to building on this tomorrow and Friday.”


After a damp start to the day in Spain, Giancarlo and Heikki knuckled down to tyre testing for Silverstone during this afternoon’s running.


This morning dawned grey and wet in Barcelona, limiting the Renault F1 Team’s work to exploratory laps in the morning, and some restricted wet weather tyre and set-up evaluation.

However, the skies cleared and circuit dried by lunchtime, allowing the team to begin working on its development programme for the week. Both cars ran reliably as Giancarlo and Heikki focused on tyre selection for the upcoming race in Silverstone, while Giancarlo also completed an extensive data logging programme.

The drivers completed over 150 laps in total, and finished the day second and third on the timesheets.

Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented: “We had a good first day. The weather disrupted our work early on, but after that, we were able to get our teeth into the tyre development programme. The performance of the car looks good – as we knew from the race here just over two weeks ago. We got plenty of laps done in spite of the delay, and look forward to building on this tomorrow and Friday.”


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3 H. Kovalainen Renault 01:15.264 90
4 O. Panis Toyota 01:15.534 123
5 J. Button Honda 01:15.535 102
6 R. Zonta Toyota 01:15.541 91
7 P. de la Rosa McLaren 11:15.826 70
8 L. Badoer Ferrari 01:15.876 40
9 R. Barrichello Honda 01:16.190 111
10 R. Kubica BMW 01:16.520 95
11 J. Villeneuve BMW 01:16.627 75
12 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 01:17.282 87
13 C. Klien Red Bull 01:17.291 68
14 R. Doornbos Red Bull 01:17.345 85
15 G. Paffett McLaren 01:17.478 70