Results of the testing (16/05/08 – Le Castellet) :

1. Trulli - Toyota - 1:31.360 - 26 laps

2. Piquet - Renault - 1:31.634 - 60

3. de la Rosa – McLaren - 1:32.143 - 53

4. Vettel – STR - 1:32.480 - 49

5. Massa - Ferrari - 1:33.246 - 19

6. Heidfeld – BMW - 1:33.371 - 30

7. Buemi - Red Bull - 1:34.064 - 16

8. Fisichella – F. India - 1:34.071 - 31

9. Button - Honda - 1:36.501 - 19

10. Sutil – F. India - 1:43.877 - 13

11. Hulkenberg - Williams - 1:44.741 - 35

Weather report : cloudy and rain, T. air : 15-16°C ; T. track : 16-18°C

Remarks :

  1. According to the irish website “manipef1.com”, the trio of head at the middle-day consisted of Jarno Trulli, Nelsinho Piquet and Pedro de la Rosa.
  2. At the conclusion of this Friday, the top 3 remains the same. Jarno Trulli signed the best time in 1'31"360.
  3. Sebastian Vettel is classified fourth with the STR-03.
  4. Felipe Massa occupies the fifth rank.
  5. Nick Heidfeld also has in retreat. He's the sixth. German went out of the track to the bend 7 before the break to have lunch. He damaged the back of F1.08 and the left back suspension.
  6. Sebastien Buemi is seventh with Red Bull.
  7. Jenson Button, ninth, fits between Force India drivers.
  8. Nico Hülkenberg is the good last one on Williams.
  9. Let us remind that today the circuit Paul Ricard (Castellet) adopted a configuration similar to that of Montreal. The teams were thus able to prepare the GP of Canada.
  10. Adrian Sutil provoked the second red flag of the day. He damaged the snout of his VJM-01 in thirty minutes of the end of the testing.



To note :


    

  1. The Family Grimaldi don’t want to Max Mosley at the GP of Monaco.
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  2. The Prime Minister, François Fillon, would be seduced by the idea to organize a GP to Disneyland Paris…
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  3. Takuma Sato could take down a test with Renault this summer. In Japan, his fans would wish to see him in Rubens Barrichello’s Honda... To follow !...
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  4. The helmets of McLaren drivers will be set by diamonds at the GP of Monaco.
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  5. Giancarlo Fisichella will take his two hundredth departure in F1 at the GP of Monaco.
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  6. Lewis Hamilton likes Hilton’s hotels.
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