BMW Sauber F1 Team - Bahrain Grand Prix - Practice
Sakhir (Bahrain). It was a positive Friday for the BMW Sauber
F1 Team in Bahrain with Robert Kubica setting third fastest
time and Nick Heidfeld seventh. The team worked hard to find
the best set-up for the very dirty track, and they now have
a good base to work on for the remainder of the weekend.
Robert Kubica:
BMW Sauber F1.07-04/BMW P86/7 (am)/F1.07-03 (pm)
1st Practice: 7th, 1.35.248 min/2nd Practice: 3rd, 1.33,732
min
"The second session was better, but we still have balance
problems. We used the spare car for the second practice because
this morning I faced the same problems as in Malaysia. This
one is more consistent and so now we have to analyse why this
happens. We changed the set-up a bit because the car's handling
is still not perfect, but things are not looking bad.
The track was very dirty, especially in the morning session.
When we tested here before Australia we did thirty ones and
now we are doing thirty threes, but of course there is some
time coming as the rubber goes down as long as there is no
rain. If it rains again it will be the same story, and if
the wind comes there will be sand on the track and that can
change the conditions quite a lot."
Nick Heidfeld:
BMW Sauber F1.07-05/BMW P86/7
1st Practice: 6th, 1.35,076 min/2nd Practice: 7th, 1.34,076
min
"For me everything was troublefree today, although to
begin with the car's balance was not exactly how it was during
the test here six weeks ago. We had to look into why we have
oversteer, but we worked on that. I am quite happy. Also our
long runs have been okay."
Willy Rampf (Technical Director):
"I am satisfied, especially with the results of second
free practice. We have completed the scheduled programme with
both cars without any problems. We have done some preparation
work for the race, so in tomorrow's free practice we can concentrate
on qualifying. We put Robert into the t-car for the second
session after he had tried several set-up changes. This car
felt better, so now we have to analyse what the differences
are between the two cars."
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