Last week’s test in Barcelona was supposed to be the Red Bull racing squad’s last of the pre- season, however, because so much time was lost in Spain due to the cold and wet weather, it meant that no real meaningful work could be carried out. Therefore, the Milton Keynes based squad will squeeze another final pre-Bahrain test in the schedule where they will join their colleagues at the Valencia circuit.

To be honest, the weather was not entirely to blame for the disappointing results of last week’s test as reliability problems with the RB2 also reduced track time. But you don’t get anywhere in Formula One moaning about things and Sporting Director Christian Horner prefers to concentrate on the positives, and there are plenty of them.

“The new bodywork we introduced is doing what it is supposed to do and RB2 has obvious potential which we are now beginning to see,” claims Christian. “Klien did a decent lap today (24 February) in testing which proves the car has got speed. The engineers have a good understanding of how the car reacts to set-up changes and the drivers are growing in confidence in its abilities. Everyone in the team is working flat out to be as well prepared as possible for Bahrain and the final test in Valencia will give us more track time to smooth out a few rough edges in the overall package.”

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