"I had a better day today as I already knew the track and I am beginning to feel more comfortable with the car," he noted. "We had a really good morning when conditions were cooler, covering lots of laps and doing some long runs, and we managed to find a good balance with the car.
"In the afternoon we tried out a few more things with the set-up and tried to make the car more consistent in the high temperatures. So it was another good experience for me and nice to work with the team again."
"It was a good day with Romain and he settled into the programme quite quickly," added
Renault's chief test engineer, Christian Silk. "He was giving good feedback to the engineers and showed consistency on the long runs this morning.
"So it was another encouraging day with him. We did some work for the forthcoming races with the set-up of the car and also continued evaluating the suspension developments, which have given some interesting results that we will analyse back at the factory."
Felipe Massa rounded out the top five for
Ferrari, his best effort a 1 minute 19.611 seconds, while looking at different set-up options and focusing on the development of 'new solutions' aimed at the Budapest and Valencia races.
"I am pleased with the way the day went," commented the Brazilian. "We saw some things which should be interesting for the up coming races and we carried out an intensive investigation on the set-up of the car. There is so much data at our disposal that will help us be as well prepared as possible for Hungary. The fight for the title is still very open and we will leave nothing to chance in pursuing our objectives."
Kazuki Nakajima was sixth, one tenth slower for
Williams, as the Grove-based outfit concluded its preparations for the eleventh round in this year's championship.
