Kovalainen ends Jerez test on top

The Renault team completed their first test with the new R27 car on Friday, with Heikki Kovalainen finishing on top of the times at the Jerez circuit

Jan 19, 2007, 4:18 PM

Kovalainen, who yesterday endured a troubled day after being hit by electrical gremlins, had a fruitful final session, covering a total of 112 laps and posting the quickest time of the week by quite a margin.

The Finn's best time was half a second better than what Anthony Davidson managed yesterday, and over a whole second quicker than teammate Giancarlo Fisichella, who took to the track in the other R27 chassis.

The Italian driver covered around half the distance than his teammate after causing the only red flag of the day, when his car stopped at 9:30am.

Super Aguri's Takuma Sato was the only other driver on track, the Japanese taking over from teammate Davidson at the wheel of the interim SAF1. Sato was the busiest man at the circuit with 115 laps completed.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time     Laps
 1.  Kovalainen    Renault              (B)  1:19.185  112
 2.  Fisichella    Renault              (B)  1:20.467   68
 3.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda    (B)  1:20.688  115

All Timing Unofficial