Jerez Testing Day 2 - Part 1
Jerez Testing Day 2 - Part 2
Fernando Alonso made a triumphant return to the Renault team on Tuesday during the second day of testing at Jerez. Alonso clocked a lap of 1m 19.503s around the Spanish circuit, beating fellow Spaniard - and former McLaren team mate - Pedro de la Rosa by over a tenth of a second.
After Monday's mixed weather, much drier conditions greeted the teams on their arrival at the track and Alonso was able to cover 70 laps over the course of the day in the R27. It was the former world champion’s first opportunity to drive a car set up in accordance with the 2008 electronic regulations.
“The result of my first day in the car is encouraging,” he said. “I could not wait to drive again, but at the same time I was a bit tentative. I quickly settled back in to the team and everything went well.
"We made good progress throughout the day, but there is a lot still to do. I had to adapt at first to the car and get used to driving the car without traction control, but I am convinced that that soon I will be used to this and will not remember what is was like to drive with traction control.”
Unofficial Tuesday times from Jerez:
- Fernando Alonso, Renault, 1:19.5032
- Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren, 1:19.6503
- Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:19.7084
- Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:19.7725
- Nico Rosberg, Williams, 1:19.7756
- Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 1:19.7807
- Sebastian Vettel, Toro Rosso, 1:20.3058
- Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 1:20.3469
- Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:20.39210
- Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 1:20.52511
- Timo Glock, Toyota, 1:20.59812
- Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 1:20.76413
- Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota, 1:22.060
Detail report: http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/1/7264.html
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