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The testing action continued at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on Wednesday as the Honda Racing F1 Team’s new Test & Reserve Driver Christian Klien had his first run in a Honda Formula One car.
The Austrian racer spent the day familiarising himself with the team and his early runs focused on acclimatising himself to the car and the new Bridgestone Potenza tyres, which he also experienced for the first time. Christian then worked through a tyre program and chassis set-up work as the team continued its evaluation of the Bridgestone rubber. He completed 79 laps over the course of the day and will continue his running in chassis RA106-06 today.
“It’s been a great first day as a Honda driver,” he said. “After some initial familiarisation with the car I basically got straight down to work helping the team to start developing our partnership with Bridgestone and looking at how we can get the best out of the new tyres. I did quite a lot of running for my first day – 79 laps – and I worked well immediately with the team and engineers. It’s a very positive atmosphere and I think I have made a good contribution. I’m very happy and looking forward to more of the same.”
Rubens Barrichello was also on track for his second day in chassis RA106-02 – he continued his work from Tuesday looking at tyres and working on chassis set-up. Rubens completed 96 laps and will complete his work today on the final day of this week’s test. |
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