By Kris
September 15 2005
Renaults Fernando Alonso was second on the time sheets on the first day of testing at silverstone with a time of 01:17.104 behind the Mclaren Test driver Alexander Wurz. Heikki Kovalainen was Renaults other driver and managed to get his Renault into fourth place.
Testing times from Silverstone on Tuesday
1. WURZ McLaren 1m17.101s
2. ALONSO Renault 1m17.112s
3. ZONTA Toyota 1m18.140s
4. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m18.701s
5. LIUZZI Red Bull 1m18.871s
6. KLIEN Red Bull 1m19.911s
7. DAVIDSON Jordan 1m21.011s
8. PANIS Toyota 1m21.600s
9. DE LA ROSA McLaren 1m24.481s
The hard work of the Renaults team seems to be paying of as they were only a tentth behind the Austrian in the Speedy Mclaren. Renault have been up to a second slower than the Mclaren in recent races. Heikki Kovalinen had a troubled day and had two technical problems with his R25 nut managed to get the car into fourth position on the time sheets for Renault
