Dated July 26, 2007, the Panasonic Toyota Racing completed their week long test on the race track of Jerez de la Frontera in Spain in preparation for August’s Formula One car racing competition. The previous days on the race track were very productive. Matched on sunny days, all the testers had a positive outcome on their tests. As of Jarno Trulli, he was forced to miss some of his tasks early this morning because of the oil leak. The Toyota Panasonic team changed its engine so Truli can practice on the race track.
The afternoon tests were very successful. Although only a limited time was given to him because of malfunctioning car parts on his racing car, he still managed to finish 70 laps of set-up with suspension, starts, aero work and brake tests done.
The Toyota car racing will be coming next week and he expects good weather for that day.
Jarno Trulli said, "The main thing to say about today was that it was so hot! When the asphalt is as hot as this it makes it difficult to get consistent data. Still, it was quite a positive day, we tried out various things in preparation for the next race in Hungary, which is likely to be just as hot and could be even hotter."
In addition, he also informs, "We missed some track time in the morning due to an oil leak. There was no breakage but the problem required an engine change. That made for a busy afternoon but we carried out some useful work on starts, aero and set-up for the Hungaroring. In the end we made it through our planned 70 laps."
The team manager Gerd Pfeiffer also shared his views. He said, "Today started slowly for us because of the problem we had with an oil leak. It started early in the day and though there was no breakage we changed the engine when the leak got too heavy. The afternoon was more positive and Jarno’s programme was similar to yesterday’s for Ralf. We carried out set-up and aero comparisons for the next grand prix in Hungary, along with suspension and starts."
Pfeiffer added, "Overall this has been a good test and it’s always important to run in hot co nditions. This year’s mileage restriction for testing means that there is no room for error. If you take the wrong direction with any testing you have no margin if you want to keep running at the end of the year. So we have to budget carefully for the laps we use. But this week has worked well and gone according to plan."
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