Scuderia Toro Rosso Testing Round-up, Monza, June 15

MONZA TEST - 2 DAY ROUND-UP                            15 June 2006


Wednesday Scott Speed  77 laps 1.24.630
Thursday  Tonio Liuzzi 98 laps 1.24.670

Circuit length: 5.793 km

The  Formula  1  world  of  make-belief  continues  with  those  teams  running  at  Monza  this  week trying  to  pretend  they  were  actually  driving  around  another  "M"  circuit,  namely  Montreal.  The Italian track is the nearest to the Canadian one in terms of its speed and aero requirements, hence  this  test  prior  to  crossing  the  Atlantic  for  the  two  North  American  rounds  of  the  World Championship. "Both  the  Canadian and US races require similar low levels of downforce and it was the first time this year that we have run our car in its latest low drag configuration," said Chief Engineer, Laurent  Mekies.  These  have  been  a  useful  two  days,  as  the  temperatures  have  been  high, which is what we can expect at the next two races. Apart from the aero work, we also evaluated tyres for the next two grands prix, particularly Indianapolis and the fact that Monza is quite tough on brakes has also been useful, given that Montreal is the hardest track of the year from this perspective."