3 June: Silverstone Testing, Day 2 Fernando
Alonso, 81 laps Giancarlo Fisichella, 85 laps
The Mild Seven Renault F1 Team today completed its Silverstone pre-GP
test with a programme centred around further tyre testing and set-up development. The day was interrupted by several showers during
the afternoon, while Fernando Alonso was also delayed by mechanical problems this morning, but the team nevertheless completed high
mileage to get firm directions on tyre choice for the race.
Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented:
"We
completed another solid day's running, although some problems meant we did not complete as many laps as we hoped to. However, both
drivers obtained good information on the tyres, and we continue the set-up work begun yesterday. Some rain showers passed through
this afternoon, and we made the most of them to conduct some tyre development on wet and full wet compounds. In spite of not running
on Wednesday, this has been a productive week and we are in good shape for the Grand Prix here in several weeks' time."
