Bourdais also worked on a tyre comparison between the two types that
Bridgestone will provide in Monaco and Montreal. Later in the morning, he began a race simulation which was successfully completed in the afternoon. Also on the agenda were some of the usual tasks with any new car - including systems checks and calibration. Bourdais will run again on Friday, although only in the afternoon, as he and Vettel will split the day between them.
Jarno Trulli had to settle for P7 on the timesheets and while the Italian had no difficulties, he wasn't overly pleased: "I went through the programme but I can't honestly say that I detected too much difference with the various set-ups that we tried," he explained.
"It was the first time that I have driven the TF108 in high downforce configuration but there was not that much difference in feel. I'm not sure whether that is just a characteristic of this circuit."
"We ran a similar programme today as we did yesterday, except adapted to Jarno's set-up," added
Toyota test team manager, Gerd Pfeiffer. "We experimented with some different brakes and a range of different wings and aerodynamic settings. We had no mechanical problems and thankfully the rain that arrived around lunchtime did not affect our running in the afternoon."
Nelson Piquet Jr completed the top eight and the Brazilian managed almost 200 laps, easily the most of anyone runner. He initially worked on an aero programme, before switching to R&D work in the afternoon.
"We got through quite a lot today and fortunately it stayed dry for most of the day, which meant I was able to complete a lot of laps," he stated. "But it's difficult so simulate the conditions we will have in Monaco next week, and so we mainly concentrated on putting miles on the car and evaluating a couple of new developments that we have, as opposed to set-up work."
