Location: Autodromo Nationale di Monza; Silverstone Circuit Dates: 01 June 2005 (Monza); 02-03 June
(Silverstone) Drivers: Jarno Trulli (01/06, Monza & 02-03/06, Silverstone) Ralf Schumacher (02-03/06, Silverstone) Track
lengths: Monza, 5.793kms ; Silverstone, 5.141kms.
Jarno Trulli (Monza) - Chassis TF105/01 Best lap time:
1m22.542s Total laps: 89 Total distance: 515.577kms
Jarno, what was the testing programme in Monza? There are
quite a few similarities between Monza and Montreal which, of course, is the circuit that we next race on. There is a lot of high
speed running on both tracks and also a lot of heavy braking and so we felt it was worth going to Monza just for a single day. We
concentrated on some aerodynamic work for Canada and also some tyre testing that was relevant to Indianapolis. It was a successful
day and we got through the full programme.
Jarno Trulli (Silverstone) - Chassis TF105/07 Best lap time: 1m18.865s Total
laps: 185 Total distance: 951.085kms
Nurburgring to Monza to Silverstone to Montreal in just over a week! Yeah,
pretty busy you might say! And it was busy in the car as well. I did over 500kms on Wednesday at Monza, then flew to England and ran
over 100 laps on the first day here because we had a big programme of performance tyre testing to work through for the British GP.
Was
Silverstone a successful test? The circuit conditions were not ideal on the first day because the surface was pretty 'green'
and there wasn't much grip at first. That complicates things a little when you are doing performance comparison tests. On Friday we
concentrated on more tyre development, this time on longer runs and had some good results. I lost a bit of time in the morning with
a precautionary engine change and then we had some typical British weather, which at least allowed us to do some running with
intermediate tyres in the afternoon.
Ralf Schumacher - Chassis TF105/06 Best lap time:1m18.568s Total laps: 149 Total
distance: 766.009kms
Was tyre testing the main focus of your programme as well? Yes, but as Jarno said the track was
still pretty green on Thursday and there was also a cold and variable wind that made things a little bit more difficult. I had a
small gearbox glitch on Thursday morning but the team solved that very quickly and we worked all the way through the programme,
which was pretty successful. As well as the tyre comparisons we also managed to do some damper evaluation as well before the rain
came on Friday afternoon.
After a good start to the season, how important are the next few weeks? Very important
because we are entering an intensive phase of the championship. We have just run back-to-back races at Monaco and Nurburgring,
followed immediately by a test and now we have the flywaway races in North America, which are also back-to-back. Then, shortly after
that, the French and British GPs are just a week apart at the beginning of July and so any progress we can make in testing will reap
a strong reward.
Testing Overview
Driver
Chassis
Best
Lap
Laps
Working on
Wednesday 1 June, Monza – Warm and Sunny
Jarno
Trulli
TF105/01
1m22.542s
89
Aerodynamics, Indy tyres
Thursday 2
June, Silverstone - Overcast
Jarno Trulli
TF105/07
1m19.983s
108
Silverstone
tyres, performance testing
Ralf Schumacher
TF105/06
1m20.654s
68
Silverstone tyres,
performance testing
Friday 3 June, Silverstone - Bright then overcast/rain
