BARCELONA TEST REPORT - DAY TWOThe Brawn GP team completed a second successful day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today asRubens Barrichello joined the team to take over the testing responsibilities in the BGP 001 car from Jenson Button.Stepping back into a Formula One car for the first time since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Rubens began the day withan installation run to ensure he was comfortable with his position in the new chassis. Once achieved, the team’s focusfor the remainder of the day was to complete a series of long runs to enable Rubens to evaluate the balance of the carin race conditions.Rubens completed 111 laps over the day as he posted the third fastest lap on the timesheets. Team-mate Jenson willcontinue the programme with the BGP 001 car tomorrow before Rubens brings the test to a conclusion on Thursday.RUBENS BARRICHELLO“First of all I would like to thank everyone at Brackley for what has been achieved. After such a long wait for news onthe team and for me to have to sit out the past four months, I am so pleased that we have a reliable and fast carstraight out of the box. Secondly I am pleased with my physical condition which has enabled me to complete so manylaps - 111 in total - on my first day of running. As we are playing catch-up, obviously the more mileage I can do beforethe first race the better. I am happy that we have got off to a good start here at our first test and we just need to carrythat through to the next test in Jerez and Melbourne.”RESULTS (All timings are unofficial)Pos Driver Team Time Laps1. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:20.314 552. Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1:20.907 663. Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:20.966 1114. Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.182 1215. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:21.347 666. Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.615 1277. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:21.834 828. Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.937 1119. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:21.991 8810. Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:23.039 14Posted by admin on March 11th, 2009Filed under Tests | No Comments »
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BARCELONA TEST REPORT - DAY TWOThe Brawn GP team completed a second successful day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today asRubens Barrichello joined the team to take over the testing responsibilities in the BGP 001 car from Jenson Button.Stepping back into a Formula One car for the first time since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Rubens began the day withan installation run to ensure he was comfortable with his position in the new chassis. Once achieved, the team’s focusfor the remainder of the day was to complete a series of long runs to enable Rubens to evaluate the balance of the carin race conditions.Rubens completed 111 laps over the day as he posted the third fastest lap on the timesheets. Team-mate Jenson willcontinue the programme with the BGP 001 car tomorrow before Rubens brings the test to a conclusion on Thursday.RUBENS BARRICHELLO“First of all I would like to thank everyone at Brackley for what has been achieved. After such a long wait for news onthe team and for me to have to sit out the past four months, I am so pleased that we have a reliable and fast carstraight out of the box. Secondly I am pleased with my physical condition which has enabled me to complete so manylaps - 111 in total - on my first day of running. As we are playing catch-up, obviously the more mileage I can do beforethe first race the better. I am happy that we have got off to a good start here at our first test and we just need to carrythat through to the next test in Jerez and Melbourne.”RESULTS (All timings are unofficial)Pos Driver Team Time Laps1. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:20.314 552. Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1:20.907 663. Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:20.966 1114. Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.182 1215. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:21.347 666. Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.615 1277. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:21.834 828. Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.937 1119. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:21.991 8810. Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:23.039 14Posted by admin on March 11th, 2009Filed under Tests | No Comments »