Second day of testing shows promise!


Looking good

By role
November 27 2003

Italian Driver Jarno Trulli finished third on the time sheets at yesterday's testing in Valencia. Jarno completed a total of 66 laps to set a best time of 1.10.406 to finish just the Williams of Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya. Frank Montagny also set a very competitive time of 1.11.206 after 68 laps behind the McLarens of Alex Wurz and David Coulthard.

Montagny's job was to spent evaluate new differential software (specifically, the differential 'control strategy'). He also worked through different damper configurations aimed at the R24.

Trulli had the dual job to test mechanical suspension components for the upcoming R24 as well as to evaluate tyre compounds with aims to the first race at Melbourne.

The weather on the afternoon become quite windy and this hampered the times.

Pat Symonds was satisfied with the results of the test:

"Another successful programme, although we did not achieve the same mileage as yesterday. Jarno concentrated on testing tyre compounds, conducting both short runs for ultimate performance and longer runs focusing on consistency, with promising results. Franck's work on the differential control strategy is already showing equal performance to the existing strategy, and holds potential for further development."

Bookmark or share this story with: