Last day for Renault at Monza

The third and final day of running in Monza saw unchanged sunny weather conditions, and the Mild Seven Renault F1 Team leaves Italy after a solid test session preparing for the North American campaign.

Both Renault drivers enjoyed a slightly lighter programme today after two intensive days of testing which saw them complete a substantial part of their programme.

This morning, Giancarlo Fisichella continued working on low-downforce car set-up for the race in Montreal. He also confirmed tyre choices for the race, based on this week’s work. He set the fourth-fastest time of the session with a lap of 1:23.790.

His team-mate Heikki completed numerous long runs this afternoon to continue assessing tyre degradation levels with Michelin. The Finn ended the day with the seventh-fastest time, of 1:23.940.

The Renault F1 Team once again successfully optimized its running over the three days and the team established solid technical solutions for the upcoming races. Chief Test Engineer Christian Silk was pleased at the end of a busy, productive week: “We had a good final day working on set-ups and an intensive tyre testing programme for the next races. Heikki worked on the tyres as Giancarlo also evaluated new brake developments for Canada, which a particularly demanding race in this area.”