Rain Showers Blighted Final Day Test At Paul Ricard
May 16, 2008
Toyota Racing
Testing came to an end with the ten teams having spent two days preparing for Monte Carlo and the final day running the longer, faster 1EV2 SC’ configuration of the French test facility in readiness for the Canadian Grand Prix.
However, rain showers, some heavy, blighted much of the final day rendering the lap times rather inconclusive.
Trulli set the pace with a best lap of 1:31.360s, recording his best lap on his 12th lap of 26.
Nelson Piquet put in 60 laps, more than any other runner, recording the second fastest time of the day in his Renault, just under three-tenths of a second off Trulli’s best.
Explaining the situation, Trulli said: “With the first two days of this week’s test devoted to Monaco preparations, we had scheduled an intensive programme (for Friday).
“Montreal is a very different type of circuit and we wanted to try out different aerodynamic and mechanical solutions.
“You run less downforce in Montreal compared to Monaco, so the car set-up is very different and we had planned a lot of work on this.
“So it was frustrating the rain came early in the day and meant we could not collect any dry data.”
