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Renault hoping for better conditions
20 February 2008Renault returned to the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on Tuesday to resume its preparations for the 2008 season. The team was again running two R28s and will remain in Barcelona for the next couple of weeks to continue with the development of the new car.
Both race drivers were on driving duty, but Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet were restricted to limited running by the poor conditions. Both men took the opportunity to complete laps in the rain to gather data for wet running and to assess the balance of the car on a damp track. The team also checked all the systems on the car and now turns its thoughts to the rest of the week.
"It was cold and wet and so there was no point in doing a lot of running," said Alonso. "It was an opportunity to try the car in the wet, but it was so slippery that we did not do many laps. We waited in the afternoon for conditions to improve, but they did not so we ended the day slightly early."
Nelson Piquet commented, "The weather was the main problem today and limited what we could do in terms of our programme. I only managed a handful of laps, but there was not much we could learn, so we will have to hope that the weather improves later in the week."
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