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Piquet back behind the wheel

Renault remained in Jerez today to complete a second day of work at the Spanish circuit. Nelson Piquet was in action for the team, fresh from his second place finish in Hockenheim at the weekend, and completed a busy day of work with the team.

By the end of the day, Piquet had covered a total of 99 laps, and completed the programme for the day. He will remain in the cockpit of the R28 for his final day of work with the team tomorrow, before Romain Grosjean takes over for the final day or testing on Friday.

"It was very hot on the track today, especially in the afternoon, which made it difficult to get a great balance with the car," said Piquet. "The hot temperatures also meant that the tyres did not last too long. But we were still able to do some set-up work this morning and tried out some new things on the car, which went well. We now have lots of information that we will go over this evening so that we can maximise tomorrow."

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