Renault completes final test session of 2007

ING Renault F1 Team today completed its final day of testing of 2007, concluding a productive three-day test at Jerez in southern Spain. Nelson Piquet Jr spent the morning tyre testing, comparing the 2007-spec tyres with prototype 2009 tyres.

The team also worked on start procedures without traction control, and continue to optimise chassis set-ups without electronic driver aids. On the engine side, the Viry engineers pursued their programme of fine-tuning the mapping of the RS27 to run harmoniously with the standard ECU, looking at parameters such as idle speed and the operation of the rev limiter.

There were no major problems throughout the day, and Nelsinho completed a full programme. He covered a total of 90 laps, equating to nearly 400 km, and set the seventh-fastest time.

Nelson Piquet Jr: "We had a good day, made progress with the car and I did a lot of laps, which is always very positive. I think this was an encouraging session for us, and the team collected some interesting data, which was the main objective."

Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: "We worked well today. The team skipped its lunch break to get the most out of our final day of testing, so thank you to everybody! The team never lets its head go down this year, in spite of all the difficulties we faced, and once again today they gave the absolute maximum. We collected a lot of interesting data today, and our focus is already firmly on 2008."

The ING Renault F1 Team test teams will head home to base this evening to analyse the data collected. They will next be in action for the first test of the R28 in January 2008.

Nelson Piquet Jr, R27-06, 90 laps, 399 km, best lap: 1:19.834