BARCELONA TEST REPORT - DAY FOURBrawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello headed the field in testing at the Circuit de Catalunya today, replicating the feat ofteam-mate Jenson Button yesterday. Back at the wheel of the BGP 001 car for the fourth and final day of this week’sprogramme, Rubens brought the team’s first pre-season test to a successful conclusion.Once the heavy fog which delayed the start of running around the Spanish circuit cleared, Rubens successfully ranthrough a full 66-lap race distance with pit stops and using both compounds of the Bridgestone Potenza slick tyres. Thecar proved reliable once again with Rubens setting competitive lap times over the three stints. The afternoon sawRubens complete a series of qualifying simulations during which he set the fastest time of the week - a 1:18.926.The team will resume testing in Jerez on 15 March for a final three-day test before the start of the 2009 Formula Oneseason at Albert Park in Melbourne on 29 March.RUBENS BARRICHELLO“I’m very pleased with the mileage that we have achieved today and the completion of another full race distance. Thequalifying exercises were also very useful in enabling the team and I to get fully up to speed and ready for Melbourne.The car has proved fast and reliable throughout the week so we go to Jerez feeling positive and pleased with theresults of our first test outing.”ROSS BRAWN, Team Principal“We are extremely pleased with the inaugural test of the BGP 001 car in Barcelona this week. The team made a verylate start to our pre-season testing programme with only seven days in which to run the car before the first race inMelbourne, therefore our focus has been on reliability and achieving as much mileage as possible. Both of these aimshave been successfully achieved this week. That the car has run so reliably ‘out of the box’ is a tribute to the strongteam that we have at our factory in Brackley and they have done a great job during a very difficult period. The car isperforming to our expectations and the feedback from Jenson and Rubens has been positive with both driverscompleting full race distances. We have three further days of testing in Jerez next week to complete our preparationsfor the first race and I look forward to seeing how the car progresses from here.”RESULTS (All timings are unofficial)Pos Driver Team Time Laps1. Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:18.926 1102. Nico Rosberg Williams 1:19.774 1203. Timo Glock Toyota 1:20.091 1284. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:20.576 835. Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.664 646. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.677 927. Robert Kubica BMW 1:20.740 1348. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:20.869 709. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1:21.013 6210. Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:21.045 14111. Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:21.629 27Posted by admin on March 13th, 2009Filed under 2009, Tests | No Comments »
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BARCELONA TEST REPORT - DAY FOURBrawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello headed the field in testing at the Circuit de Catalunya today, replicating the feat ofteam-mate Jenson Button yesterday. Back at the wheel of the BGP 001 car for the fourth and final day of this week’sprogramme, Rubens brought the team’s first pre-season test to a successful conclusion.Once the heavy fog which delayed the start of running around the Spanish circuit cleared, Rubens successfully ranthrough a full 66-lap race distance with pit stops and using both compounds of the Bridgestone Potenza slick tyres. Thecar proved reliable once again with Rubens setting competitive lap times over the three stints. The afternoon sawRubens complete a series of qualifying simulations during which he set the fastest time of the week - a 1:18.926.The team will resume testing in Jerez on 15 March for a final three-day test before the start of the 2009 Formula Oneseason at Albert Park in Melbourne on 29 March.RUBENS BARRICHELLO“I’m very pleased with the mileage that we have achieved today and the completion of another full race distance. Thequalifying exercises were also very useful in enabling the team and I to get fully up to speed and ready for Melbourne.The car has proved fast and reliable throughout the week so we go to Jerez feeling positive and pleased with theresults of our first test outing.”ROSS BRAWN, Team Principal“We are extremely pleased with the inaugural test of the BGP 001 car in Barcelona this week. The team made a verylate start to our pre-season testing programme with only seven days in which to run the car before the first race inMelbourne, therefore our focus has been on reliability and achieving as much mileage as possible. Both of these aimshave been successfully achieved this week. That the car has run so reliably ‘out of the box’ is a tribute to the strongteam that we have at our factory in Brackley and they have done a great job during a very difficult period. The car isperforming to our expectations and the feedback from Jenson and Rubens has been positive with both driverscompleting full race distances. We have three further days of testing in Jerez next week to complete our preparationsfor the first race and I look forward to seeing how the car progresses from here.”RESULTS (All timings are unofficial)Pos Driver Team Time Laps1. Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1:18.926 1102. Nico Rosberg Williams 1:19.774 1203. Timo Glock Toyota 1:20.091 1284. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:20.576 835. Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.664 646. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.677 927. Robert Kubica BMW 1:20.740 1348. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:20.869 709. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1:21.013 6210. Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:21.045 14111. Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:21.629 27Posted by admin on March 13th, 2009Filed under 2009, Tests | No Comments »