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Panasonic Toyota Racing Silverstone Test Round-Up Day 1
Following its trip to North America for the grands prix in Montreal and Indianapolis, Panasonic Toyota Racing today returned to action in Europe. The team has a three-day test scheduled this week at the UK circuit of Silverstone.The track will play host to the British Grand Prix in less than three
weeks so this test gives teams the chance to complete some useful
mileage at the Northamptonshire venue. For Toyota Ralf Schumacher was
driving today, working on different systems but concentrating on set-up
work for next month’s race. He also carried out some qualifying runs
and even recorded the fastest time of the day. The team will continue
testing at Silverstone tomorrow with Jarno Trulli at the wheel.
Ralf Schumacher – Chassis TF107/03
Best lap time: 1m 22.794s
Position: 1st
Total laps: 71
Total distance: 365.0km
"In general it was a successful day and we made it through everything
that we had planned. We were concentrating on set-up work, primarily
targeted at the British Grand Prix. We also looked at some different
aero settings and did some qualifying runs. The conditions were very
good, particularly in the morning, although the wind picked up in the
afternoon. We had one stoppage after lunch while we changed some
suspension settings but overall things went well."
Gerd Pfeiffer, Test Team Manager
"We are spending the week focusing on set-up work for next month’s
British Grand Prix and today was a positive way to start. This morning
went quite well, we did some tyre comparisons and we went through
different set-ups. We also did work with a few different aerodynamics
settings and we carried out some qualifying runs. All in all we made it
through 51 laps before lunch. In preparation for the afternoon session
we carried out some changes to the suspension settings and we spent the
rest of the day doing some more comparisons. From tomorrow we will have
Jarno driving and we hope to make further progress."
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