Paul Ricard Test: Day 2 |
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06.04.2006 |
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Dates: |
06 April 2006 |
Location: |
Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France |
Drivers: |
Ricardo Zonta, Olivier Panis |
Track length: |
3.818km |
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Panasonic Toyota Racing continued its three-day test programme at the Circuit
Paul Ricard with drivers Oliver Panis and Ricardo Zonta at the wheel. A planned
chassis change on Oliver Panis' car caused a delay in the morning; nevertheless,
he hit the track in the afternoon to focus on tyre testing for the Imola tyre
choice. Ricardo Zonta had a full day of testing also concentrating on trying different
tyre constructions for the next race.
IN THE FAST LANE
Ricardo Zonta once again put in a large amount of laps and secured a good lap
time for the team.
Ricardo Zonta - Chassis TF106/01
Best lap time: 1m04.655s
Total laps: 133
Total distance: 507.794km
"We tried numerous things today and continued our tyre test. My car was reliable
and therefore I could put in a lot of laps. We will do longs runs tomorrow as
we did not have enough time to finish them today, because we had to concentrate
on gaining results for the Imola tyre choice."
AGAINST THE CLOCK
Due to a change in chassis, Olivier Panis' work day started after lunch, only
to be cut short further by some set-up adjustments.
Olivier Panis - Chassis TF106/02
Best lap time: 1m05.524s
Total laps: 47
Total distance: 179.446km
"We wanted to use the race chassis today, which the team did a good job of
setting-up in time for the second half of the day. It turned out to be a hard
day for me and my team, as we had some issues with different set-ups in the afternoon,
but we are still positive and looking forward to tomorrow to finish the tyre testing
that we need to achieve."
CIRCUIT DU SOLEIL
General Manager Car Design and Development, Pascal Vasselon:
"Our day has been a little less productive than yesterday, but altogether
we are quite advanced now in our preparations for San Marino and Nurbürgring.
We are reasonably confident that we have looked at all our options for the tyre
choice and we will just finish up some long runs tomorrow. The most positive thing
is that the weather is finally similar to race conditions, which allows us to
better simulate what we can expect at coming races during the season." |
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