Renault Dominate 2nd day at Silverstone

By Renault F1
April 27 2006

The Renault F1 Team completed its second day of Silverstone testing today in preparation for the British Grand Prix. The team had a productive day with its two race drivers at the wheel of the R26, Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella

Thanks to good weather conditions, Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella, who began his test programme today, mainly focused on set up changes during the morning and tyre development in the afternoon with our partner Michelin.

They both achieved high mileage with 94 laps for Fernando and 116 laps for Giancarlo. In spite of some small mechanical problems at the end of the afternoon, the team was pleased with its work and the performances of the Renault drivers as they set the fastest lap-times in 1:18.634 for Alonso and 1:18.972 for his team-mate.

Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: “The weather conditions were much better today which allowed us to have a productive day. We looked at set-up changes in the morning and then focused on tyre development to make up for running time we lost yesterday. We obtained good results and the drivers were very pleased with the car and its behaviour. We will continue our programme tomorrow for our last day at Silverstone”.

Silverstone - Great Britain 26 April 2006

Pos. Driver Team Tires Time Laps
1 F. Alonso Renault Michelin 01:18.640 94
2 G. Fisichella Renault Michelin 01:18.975 116
3 J. Button Honda Michelin 01:19.383 127
4 JP. Montoya McLaren Michelin 01:19.395 72
5 K. Räikkönen McLaren Michelin 01:19.558 37
6 R. Barrichello Honda Michelin 01:19.695 108
7 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso Michelin 01:20.123 105
8 M. Webber Williams Bridgestone 01:20.191 72
9 R. Kubica BMW Michelin 01:20.191 72
10 N. Rosberg Williams Bridgestone 01:20.641 72
11 J. Villeneuve BMW Michelin 01:20.667 75
12 D. Coulthard Red Bull Michelin 01:20.962 25
13 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso Michelin 01:21.058 43
14 N. Heidfeld BMW Michelin 01:21.870 32
15 T. Monteiro Midland F1 Bridgestone 01:22.083 84

Day one

Silverstone - Great Britain 25 April 2006

Pos. Driver Team Tires Time Laps
1 JP. Montoya McLaren Michelin 01:21.071 42
2 J. Button Honda Michelin 01:21.143 59
3 H. Kovalainen Renault Michelin 01:21.241 85
4 F. Alonso Renault Michelin 01:21.311 31
5 A. Davidson Honda Michelin 01:22.083 68
6 C. Klien Red Bull Michelin 01:22.207 37
7 J. Rossiter Honda Michelin 01:22.242 107
8 J. Villeneuve BMW Michelin 01:22.266 57
9 A. Wurz Williams Bridgestone 01:22.335 86
10 R. Kubica BMW Michelin 01:22.719 58
11 N. Jani Scuderia Toro Rosso Michelin 01:23.360 84
12 P. de la Rosa McLaren Michelin 01:23.540 37
13 D. Coulthard Red Bull Michelin 01:23.777 14
14 G. Mondini Midland F1 Bridgestone 01:24.467 24