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The second day of the current Formula One pre-season test in Jerez provided far better weather conditions than day one and gave Red Bull Racing its first real chance to test the RB6 in the dry.
Any remaining damp track conditions had dried by 10am and, after yesterday’s rain-soaked session, the team were keen to get going. With Mark Webber at the wheel they began its working though their large development programme and concentrated on set-up work, clocking up 100 laps.
After his second day of testing the RB6 (and his last at this first Jerez test), Mark Webber said: “It’s been a very productive two days. We’ve had a few little niggles here and there with reliability, but despite that we’ve managed to complete
quite a few laps with the new car. We’ve had one wet and one dry day and learned a lot on both. We’ve still got quite a bit of testing to go before we get to Bahrain, which we’re going to need to continue to understand the car and keep finding performance. But I’d say we’re off to a pretty solid start and we’ve got a great base to build on.”
The team will continue testing tomorrow when Sebastian Vettel will get his first chance to drive the RB6.
Jerez de la Frontera, 11th February 2010 – The second day of testing in Jerez was held in lot better weather conditions as the track dried quickly in the morning. With Kamui Kobayashi being one of the drivers completing in excess of 100 laps and setting the quickest lap time of the day on his final run, the BMW Sauber F1 Team enjoyed a busy and productive day of testing.
Giampaolo Dall’Ara (Head of Track Engineering): “It was a good day of testing as we managed to complete our programme. In the morning we did some aero tests. After the lunch break we concentrated on set-up and tyre evaluation. For most of the day we were running with a high fuel load prior to a run with a lighter car before the end of the session. For tomorrow the weather forecast is not really promising, but we will cope with what we get.”
For tomorrow and Saturday Pedro de la Rosa will be on duty at the wheel of the BMW Sauber C29 Ferrari.
Sam Michael, Technical Director: "We had some mechanical problems with the hydraulic system and the driveline today. We had a leak first thing this morning, which we identified relatively quickly, but it took us a long time to correct because the clutch was covered with hydraulic fluid. That effectively ruled us out of most of the morning session. We encountered a smaller issue this afternoon with a driveshaft component. It was quicker to rectify, but obviously wasn’t ideal in terms of track time. We still made our way through three or four set-up changes and we'll just have to target higher mileage tomorrow with Rubens.
Nico Hulkenberg: "Today was quite a difficult day as we had some technical problems, but I’m still feeling
positive about the car. Of course, I would like to have had more running time, but that’s sometimes the way it goes. Overall, it’s been a good two days and the car feels good."
Michael Schumacher joined the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team in Jerez today for the second day of this week’s four-day test. After yesterday’s downpours, the weather stayed dry throughout the day enabling the team to complete a comprehensive test programme with the MGP W01 car.
Michael spent the morning evaluating the different tyre compounds provided by Bridgestone alongside some chassis set-up work, before working through a race simulation programme in the afternoon. Michael completed 124 laps today making the most of the available dry track time.
Nico Rosberg will be back in the car tomorrow for the third day of the test.
Michael Schumacher: “I am very happy with how the day went today even if we could not finish our schedule completely due to red flags. However I managed to complete a lot of laps which is very precious to me. A new car, a new team and new conditions, therefore our first goal has to be to make the car reliable. Days like today help massively in that respect, especially as the weather forecast for the next few days isn’t looking quite so rosy. I felt very comfortable driving the car and it was good fun today.”
Tonio Liuzzi continued Force India's testing programme today at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain. Tonio put the VJM03 through its paces on its second official test day, completing 80 laps with a best time of 1:20.754.
In contrast to yesterday's rain-lashed session the weather remained clear and dry throughout, allowing the team to gather vital systems data. The morning's programme concentrated on aero development while the afternoon's running included comparison runs of the new Bridgestone tyre compounds available this year.
Adrian will take over for the second part of the test tomorrow and will conclude running on Saturday.
Tonio Liuzzi: "I think that we can be pretty happy about today. We covered a lot of laps and a lot of the test items we wanted to. For sure we still have to look into a few more areas but overall the car is responding well and reacts to all the changes. We tested different settings and different conditions and overall it was always positive, so I have to say we can be really satisfied about how it's going. The team did a good job and now we have to keep pushing for the next days of testing as we still have to extrapolate the best out of the car."
Dominic Harlow, chief race engineer: "We used the morning for various aerodynamic measurements today and made some comparisons of the 2010 dry tyres in the afternoon along with getting a balance in the VJM03. Since it was the first time the car has run in the dry we have a fair amount of new data to analyse, but so far the car appears to be performing as we expected. Adrian will continue work tomorrow as he takes over the car for the remainder of this test."
Summary of the day: Dry conditions allowed the team to complete good mileage, making use of the dry tyres saved from yesterday. The technical programme was focussed on set-up work and continued assessment of the narrower front Bridgestone tyres.
Robert Kubica: “We started the day with a damp track so we had to wait for conditions to improve before we started our main programme. We made good progress with the workload and did some set-up evaluation and tried to understand how the changes influenced the balance and behaviour of the car. We saw some nice results and learnt some interesting things so overall it was a good day.”
Alan Permane, Chief Engineer: “Another very productive day as we completed over 100 laps and did a lot of set-up work with the car. We had made a lot of changes for Robert since the last test in Valencia and he’s now much more comfortable and happier in the car. We steadily improved the balance and grip throughout the day and hopefully we can continue with this tomorrow if the rain holds off.”
After a damp time on Wednesday, today’s conditions meant the car ran all day on dry weather tyres. Sebastien completed a good number of laps, important as more rain is forecast for tomorrow. On the agenda for today was an evaluation of a few aero parts, an assessment of different mechanical set-ups and runs with different fuel loads. Our Swiss driver also tried all three compounds brought here by Bridgestone – the Soft, Medium and Hard.
“I am pleased with how the past two days have gone and although rain is never ideal, yesterday’s damp conditions meant we could try the wet weather tyres,” said Sébastien Buemi. “Today, in the dry, we were able to do a lot of laps, as the car ran reliably. We tried various set-ups and ran with different fuel loads, so we are beginning to get a better understanding of STR5 in general.”
Jaime Alguersuari takes over at the wheel tomorrow.
Jerez de la Frontera, 11 February 2010 – It was a positive day for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, at work on the second day of the test sessions this week on the "Circuito Permanente de Velocidad" in Jerez, in Andalusia. Fernando Alonso drove a whole 129 laps, the fastest in a time of 1.21.424.
The day’s programme was really intense: a long run of almost 50 laps in the morning, followed by several set up tests during the afternoon. Fernando left the track just after 6pm, when the usual briefing with the technicians had ended.
"We worked on different fronts, trying to understand how the car behaves under different conditions,” Fernando said at the end of the day. “It’s important to find the right compromise for the set up so that everything works well during the qualifying, when the tank is pretty much empty, and in the race, when we’ll start with a full load. We’re really satisfied with what we’ve done during these two days. We’ve driven many kilometres without any reliability problems, which is something that makes me really happy. We put many components under pressure over these five days and we didn’t have any problems at all. Furthermore the car is really easy to drive under all conditions. As far as the tyres are concerned I think that the indications we’ve received these days have to be treated carefully, because the temperatures are very different from the ones we’ll have in Bahrain at the first race. Until now the work we had to do, we’ve done. Next week and even more when we’re in Barcelona, we’ll work on the performance." 
Second and final day of testing for Jenson at Jerez this week. The team began the day with a continuation of the early-morning aero mapping it started yesterday. After a successful number of aero runs, the morning’s running centred on finding suitable mechanical and aero set-ups with the MP4-25.
In the afternoon, the programme focused on longer running, evaluating tyres on a number of varying fuel-loads.
At the conclusion of his test, Jenson declared himself much happier with the seat and installation and was happy with the progress the team is making with the new car.
He made a precautionary stop just before the day’s end when a warning light came on in the cockpit.
Lewis will continue the running on Friday and Saturday.
Timo Glock's day ended when the front wing on the VR-01 failed at the first corner and the team did not have a spare available.
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F1 Testing @ Jerez // Complete Results: Day Two:
Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29 79.95
Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5 80.026 +0.076
Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25 80.618 +0.668
Nico Hülkenberg Williams-Cosworth FW32 80.629 +0.679
Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes VJM03 80.754 +0.804
Michael Schumacher Mercedes W01 81.083 +1.133
Fernando Alonso Ferrari F10 81.424 +1.474
Robert Kubica Renault R30 82.003 +2.053
Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault RB6 82.043 +2.093
Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth VR-01 89.964 +10.014
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Editorial: Neil Tozer
2.11.2010
F1 TESTING @ JEREZ // DAY TWO REVIEW
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