Monaco Gp - Fp1 / Fp2 - 26Th May 2011

[Mark H]

Team Lotus Information

 

AirAsia's Big Sale - Number of hours in which AirAsia sold more flights than entire first year of operations (650,000): 24

 

Number of EQ8 cans laid end to end to cover length of entire Monaco Circuit: 66,800

 

Year of Jarno Trulli's Monaco Grand Prix race win: 2004

 

 

 

 

 

Weather

 

Dry, sunny

 

Min / max air temperature: 24˚ / 28˚

 

Min / max track temperature: 34˚ / 44˚

 

 

 

Fastest laps / positions

 

FP1

 

KOV 17th, 1.20.083 (lap 16) / TRU 18th, 1.21.116 (lap 14)

 

FP2

 

KOV 18th, 1.18.266 (lap 33) / TRU 19th 1.18.490 (lap 19)

 

 

 

Total laps

 

FP1

 

KOV: 23 / TRU: 27

 

FP2

 

KOV: 50 / TRU: 38

 

 

 

Runplan

 

Driver: Jarno Trulli

 

Chassis: T128-03

 

FP1 (all runs on prime tyres)

 

0959 - 1004: Installation, 2 laps

 

1004 - 1039: System checks

 

1039 - 1049: Run 2, 7 laps (red flag)

 

1049 - 1054: Adjustments - brake blanking

 

1054 - 1105: Run 3, 6 laps

 

1105 - 1115: Adjustments - front torsion bar

 

1115 - 1134: Run 4, 12 laps

 

 

 

FP2

 

Adjustments: front ride height, front & rear toe, rear wing, rear brake blanking

 

1401 - 1412: Run 1, 8 laps (prime tyres)

 

1412 - 1432: Adjustments - rear ride height, front anti-roll bar, front wing flap

 

1432 - 1444: Run 2, 8 laps (prime tyres)

 

1444 - 1452: Adjustments - front wing flap

 

1452 - 1503: Run 3, 7 laps (option tyres)

 

1503 - 1511: Adjustments - front wing flap

 

1511 - 1533: Run 4, 15 laps (option tyres)

 

 

 

Runplan

 

Driver: Heikki Kovalainen

 

Chassis: T128-04

 

FP1 (all runs on prime tyres)

 

0959 - 1004: Installation, 1 lap

 

1004 - 1040: System checks

 

1040 - 1049: Run 2, 6 laps (red flag)

 

1049 - 1054: Adjustments - rear brake blanking

 

1054 - 1109: Run 3, 10 laps

 

1109 - 1123: Adjustments - front ride-height, brake balance

 

1123 - 1133: Run 4, 6 laps

 

 

 

FP2

 

Adjustments: front and rear wings, brake balance

 

1400 - 1414: Run 1, 10 laps (prime tyres)

 

1414 - 1421: Adjustments - front wing flap, front anti-roll bar

 

1421 - 1443: Run 2, 15 laps (prime tyres)

 

1443 - 1448: Adjustments - rear wing

 

1448 - 1502: Run 3, 9 laps (option tyres)

 

1502 - 1509: Adjustments - front wing flap

 

1509 - 1533: Run 4, 16 laps (option tyres)

 

 

 

Jarno Trulli, Car 21 - Chassis T128-03: "That was good. We've got a good deal of data from both sessions and we can use that to put us in a better position tomorrow. I had a few issues with traffic during the performance run which means there is definitely more pace to come tomorrow so all in all this was a good day. We've also run reliably in both sessions and that's what we need to give us the best chance of fighting in quali so I think it'll be a very interesting Saturday afternoon."

 

Heikki Kovalainen, Car 20 - Chassis T128-04: "Not too bad at all. We completed the whole programme, worked a bit on fine tuning the balance and I think with some more work tonight there's a bit more to come. The degradation levels on both tyres was better than many people were expecting and I think both the primes and the options will give us some interesting strategy options to play with."

 

Thierry Salvi, Renault Sport F1 Support Leader: "This was a good day. We have put a lot of miles on the cars and with the unique nature of this track we can have driveability problems so it's important to set up the engine to give the drivers something they are happy with. The feedback we have had so far looks like we have found a good setup so I think we are set for a good P3 and qualifying."

 

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: "A very useful first day of running with no mechanical issues with either car. The track had its normal issues with dirt and traffic but overall we're very happy. Tyre degradation looks to be much lower than expected and we have accumulated a lot of data that will be good for the race. In performance terms we are really quite close to the cars in front and with the improvements we expect to see on Saturday I think this has been another good day for the team."

 

Riad Asmat, Chief Executive Officer: "That sort of performance is very encouraging. It is good to see that we have we had another day without reliability problems and today everything went how we wanted it to. Finishing around half a second from the guys ahead gives us something to fight for in qualifying and I think the experience we have in both cars, and throughout the team, should give us a good chance of having another good day on Saturday."

 

 

 

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