BRAKE DANCING 
Panasonic Toyota Racing completed a three-day test in   Monza with both race drivers, third driver Ricardo Zonta and test driver Olivier   Panis all part of the programme. The focus was the upcoming North American races   in Montreal and Indianapolis. Montreal is very tough on brakes and also   relatively low downforce, making Monza a representative test venue although the   team will return to the Milanese track in August to conduct its main Italian GP   set-up work. 
 
Ralf Schumacher - Chassis TF106/09 
Best lap time: 1m24.310s 
Total laps: 127 
Total distance: 735.711kms 
"We lost a bit of time with an engine electronic problem and had a lot to get   through. As well as the tyre and suspension programme, I was also planning to   try some different rear wing arrangements before we head across the Atlantic for   two races on consecutive weekends in Montreal and Indianapolis but we will have   to leave that for a later test. The bulk of the set-up work was successful and   we hope to have strong races in North America." 
Jarno Trulli- Chassis TF106/06 
Best lap time: 1m24.040s 
Total laps: 128 
Total distance: 741.504kms 
"It was really a typical Canada test where you concentrate on running with less   downforce than you are used to and make sure you have as much aero stability as   you can achieve under heavy braking. And, as usual, there was a big tyre   programme to get through. I am confident that we are in a good position now to   make a solid tyre choice." 
Ricardo Zonta - Chassis TF106/06 
Best lap time: 1m24.660s 
Total laps: 74 
Total distance: 428.682kms 
"The main element of my test was tyre work for Montreal and I also did some   set-up evaluation. We had some suspension revisions to try and the aim was to   verify these before the race drivers took over for the final two days of the   test. We made some positive progress." 
Olivier Panis - Chassis TF106/09 
Best lap time: 1m25.420s 
Total laps: 78 
Total distance: 451.854kms 
"I was also working on Bridgestone's Montreal tyre evaluation and that was the   most important part of my programme. I was delayed by some vibrations early on   but we completed a reasonable number of laps and made progress. The tyre choice   tends to be reasonably soft in Canada because most of the braking is in a   straight-line and so the tyres do not receive too much punishment through   sideways loading. Traction is also very important out of the slow corners and so   Montreal testing tends to concentrate on suspension tweaks that get the best out   of the tyres under braking and then on acceleration out of slow corners." 
Gerd Pfeiffer - Chief Test Engineer 
 
"For Montreal it is important to have good stability under heavy braking, as   well as good traction, so we have been doing brake work as well as some   suspension experimentation with different cambers and so forth. Generally it has   been successful but we did lose a bit of time on Ralf's car with an engine   misfire that took some time to locate. This was a newly built-up car and at the   end of the day we solved the problem and made progress. There has also been a   full tyre programme concentrating on both Montreal and Indianapolis." 
Testing Overview 
Driver
  | 
Chassis | 
Best Lap | 
Laps | 
Working on | 
 
| Tuesday 13 June – Warm and sunny | 
 
| Ricardo Zonta | 
TF106/06 | 
1m24.660s | 
74 | 
Set-up/ 
Canada tyres | 
 
| Olivier Panis | 
TF106/09 | 
1m25.420s | 
78 | 
Suspension/ 
Canada tyres | 
 
| Wednesday 14 June – Hot and sunny | 
 
| Ralf Schumacher | 
TF106/09 | 
1m25.025s | 
60 | 
Suspension/ 
Aero/Tyres | 
 
| Jarno Trulli | 
TF106/06 | 
1m25.013s | 
60 | 
Suspension/ 
Tyres | 
 
| Thursday 15 June – Hot and sunny | 
 
| Ralf Schumacher | 
TF106/09 | 
1m24.310s | 
67 | 
Suspension/ 
Aero/Tyres | 
 
| Jarno Trulli | 
TF106/06 | 
1m24.040s | 
68 | 
Suspension/ 
Aero | 
 
 
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