28 April: Jerez Testing, Day 1 Fernando Alonso,
R25-03, 116 laps, 513 km Franck Montagny, R25-05, 129 laps, 570 km
The Mild Seven Renault F1 Team spent a busy day
testing in Jerez today.
Both drivers completed incident-free race weekend simulations using the B specification RS25 engine,
which will be used by both race drivers in the forthcoming Grand Prix at Barcelona. The chassis programme concentrated primarily on
tyre evaluations, for both the next race and beyond.
Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk commented:
"We had
initially planned to run at Silverstone this week, but poor weather forecasts in England meant we changed plans in order to run in
more stable conditions. That means we need to complete three days' work in two – which in turn led to an extremely busy day for
the test team here in Jerez. However, both drivers succeeded in completing race weekend distances without any technical problems,
and we collected some promising results from our tyre evaluation work."
