The Hungarian Grand Prix Friday Practice
sessions saw Lotus Racing finish the day just
under one second ahead of their nearest rival
and complete a total of 88 laps, despite a
hydraulics problem on Heikki’s car which
curtailed his running in the afternoon session.
Jarno Trulli (Chassis T127-04) FP1: 22 laps,
best time 1.25.032, 19th / FP2: 37 laps,
1.24.553, 19th “It was a good, trouble free
Friday session, so I’m very happy with how it
went. We did a lot of work on the setup so
generally the car balance hasn’t been too bad.
Obviously it’s a bumpy circuit which evolves all
the time, so it’s important to follow up the
evolution. We’ve also been able to evaluate the
tyres, which is important for both qualifying
tomorrow and for the race on Sunday.”
Jarno Trulli in action, Hungaroring Friday
paractice
Heikki Kovalainen (Chassis T127-01) FP1: 23 laps,
best time 1.25.210, 20th / FP2: 5 laps,
1.27.705, 24th “The track is good and there’s a
great atmosphere out there. This morning we were
able to complete the programme without any
problems, but when I went out this afternoon we
almost immediately had a mechanical issue that
unfortunately the boys couldn’t fix, so we lost
the afternoon session. That’s the way it goes
sometimes, but I’m sure that we’ll be ok
tomorrow. It’s still too early to say how well
suited the car is to the track, I’d have
obviously had a better idea if I’d been able to
run this afternoon, but this morning was pretty
encouraging, and it’s really not too bad at all
when we look at our direct competitors.”
Jody Egginton, Chief Engineer: “Mixed fortunes
today – with Jarno we completed today’s tasks
and put a lot of mileage on the option tyre, so
we’ve got a lot of good data from that. Heikki
was very unlucky to have a car problem which
prevented him from putting in any decent time
this afternoon – we tried to resolve it but the
time beat us. Despite that we got a lot of
valuable information from them both this morning,
and more from Jarno this afternoon, so I think
we’ll be in pretty good shape tomorrow.”
Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: “A
reasonable day although we had a hydraulic issue
on Heikki’s car which unfortunately limited his
running in the second session. With Jarno we
were able to complete the full programme, and
the cars look like they are where we expect them
to be and we have to make sure we have a
reliable Saturday and Sunday.”
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