Kovalainen tops Silverstone day one

teamcar - Testing resumed on September 19th and Silverstone was where the most of the activity was to be found. Eight drivers from five teams made up the time sheet and Renault tester Heikki Kovalainen was quickest with a best of 1:19.125 while working on tyres. Nelson A. Piquet made his first appearance as a Renault test driver and was fourth fastest as he acclimatized to the team.

"It was a good first day of testing," said Piquet. "There are some similarities with the GP2 car in terms of the clutch and electronics, but I still have a lot to learn, so the main thing for today was to do as much running as possible, and to take everything on-board. It's important I think to learn a lot straight away and to meet the people I am going to work with."