Fisichella impressed with new Renault

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA declared himself impressed by Renault’s new car after his first test session in it in Jerez yesterday.

The Italian became the first man to drive the new machine, successor to Renault’s world championship-winning 2005 car.

He completed 41 trouble-free laps in a session designed to test the new car rather than to clock fast laps. Fisichella, who was sixth-fastest, said: “We had a very promising first day with the new car.