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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
HOME RUN
With
Silverstone representing the halfway point in the 2008 World
Championship, Panasonic Toyota Racing now prepares for one of its home
events, the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim on 20 July. On the first of
a three-day test at the track, third driver Kamui Kobayashi was behind
the wheel of the TF108 and enjoyed gaining more experience despite
suffering some rain interruptions in the morning.
Timo
Glock is scheduled to take over driving duties tomorrow, in preparation
for his home Grand Prix, with Jarno Trulli concluding the test on
Thursday.
Kamui Kobayashi
Best Lap Time: 1min 16.570s
Position: 6th
Total laps: 65
"It
is nice to drive the Formula 1 car at a circuit I know reasonably well.
I had a fourth place here in the F3 Euroseries and the test will also
be good preparation for my GP2 race next week. We had quite a varied
programme today and I did some brake comparisons as well as
concentrating on collecting tyre and set-up data."
Gerd Pfeiffer, Test Team Manager
"The
main aim of the day was data collection. We tried different suspension
set-ups and carried out some brake comparisons. We also conducted some
engine work and got positive results with everything we did - despite
the weather."
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