Kimi resumed today morning his testing program searching for different setups for the car . Also worked on low downforce setups , to simulate the new aero package that will be used next season .
Next season new rules have been set to dramatically reduce downforce , this will be achieved by total banning of winglets and side wings and the car will be only supporting a wider front wing and tighter rear wing but only higher a few inches.
More details on 2009 rules will be posted later.
Back to today's testing , Kimi put under test few new components that have been built in the car , Ferrari did not supply furhter information about this piece that will contribute in the Ferrari car for the next season. In the mean time the endurance testing kept going for today and he has completed 89 laps.
This engine endurance test consists of running on the same engine for a distance equivalent to 3 race week ends as from next years teams will only be allowed one engine that should last 3 races in a row , this rule is part of the cost cutting solutions that the FIA are pursuing due to the world economic crisis.
So for today and the day before Kimi has completed 137 laps which is equivalent to about 2 grand prix distance , and tomorow the testing will continue and further news and analysis will be posted .
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