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Promising start for Renault drivers

The ING Renault F1 Team was back in action today to begin its preparations for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. The team made the most of both free practice sessions with Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet successfully completing their Friday programmes.

For the afternoon the team continued exploring set-up options and evaluated the two compounds of Bridgestone tyres available this weekend. The team will now analyse the information gathered today to be ready for the all-important qualifying session tomorrow afternoon.

Fernando Alonso commented: "It was a typical day of practice with a lot of laps covered and lots of data to analyse this evening to be ready for tomorrow. Overall we improved the car and we are moving in the right direction. We still have a few things to improve, but if we can make the most of the final free practice session tomorrow morning, we should be able to approach qualifying in good shape."

Nelson Piquet said: "Our free practice programme went well and we have made progress. The car was reacting well to the different set-up solutions that we tried and so I am quite satisfied with the day's work. The track changed a lot during the day and it's quite a demanding place with lots of corners, but I enjoyed driving the circuit and I hope things continue like this tomorrow."

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