Lewis Hamilton first to the Ricard...
14 05 2008
Lewis Hamilton takes the head for this first day in Castellet, on the circuit Paul Ricard. Let us return on these testing and on the last news of the F1... Of Lewis Hamilton in search of sponsors in the special channel Renault by way of the parade "Fashion Amber", you'll know everything...
Results of the tests (14/05/08 – Le Castellet) :
1. Hamilton – McLaren - 1:05.600 – 84 laps
2. Raikkonen – Ferrari - 1:06.098 - 103
3. Kubiça - BMW - 1:06.177 - 124
4. Webber – RBR - 1:06.348 - 93
5. Vettel – STR - 1:06.372 - 91
6. Rosberg – Williams - 1:06.571 - 154
7. Wurz – Honda - 1:06.681 - 131
8. Glock – Toyota - 1:06.935 - 93
9. Liuzzi – F. India - 1:07.346 - 106
10. di Grassi – Renault - 1:07.430 - 146
Weather report : sunny, T. air : 21°C ; T. track : 37°C
Remarks :
- This week, the teams prepare the two next slaves (Monaco and Montréal).
- Lewis Hamilton signs the best time of the day in 1'05"600. He outstrips Kimi Räikkönen and Robert Kubiça. In the break to have lunch, Nico Rosberg was in head.
- Mark Webber is the fourth.
- Sebastian Vettel settles down in the fifth rank with the STR-03.
- Williams adopted the same style of engine cover than Red Bull and Renault. Nico Rosberg is is the sixth with a revisited FW30.
- Toyota has got a new back wing. Timo Glock is eighth.
- Honda changed the two fins called "dumbo wings" on its front wing. Alexander Wurz is classified seventh.
- Vittantonio Liuzzi is ninth. He's followed by Renault test driver, Luca di Grassi.
- BMW teste some news aerodynamics elements.
To note :
- Renault has its own channel on Youtube.com. This is the link : http://fr.youtube.com/INGRenaultf1Team
- Lewis Hamilton could be sponsorised by “Reebok” soon. He would become one of ambassadors of the famous sporting mark. He’ll be too in discussion with “Pepsi”.
- This year, drivers will join their girlfriends and wifes for the parade “Amber fashion” to Monaco. The night party will take place on Friday, May 23rd. It’s organized by Steve Rider and Tamara Ecclestone. The harvested capital will go to the association « Elton John AIDS Foundation ».
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