Hungarian Grand Prix – Budapest, 4th August 2006
Free practice - First session
Michael Schumacher: 3rd 1.22.499 5 laps chassis 254
Felipe Massa: - - - chassis 252
Temperatures: air 17/18 °C, track 20/24 °C
Free practice – Second session
Felipe Massa: 1st 1.21.778 12 laps chassis 252
Michael Schumacher: 8th 1.23.931 19 laps chassis 254
Temperatures: air 19 °C, track 24 °C
Jean Todt: “Here we are in Budapest
where both the layout and the characteristics of the track
surface are very reminiscent of the Monaco street circuit.
Today’s two hours of free practice revolved mainly around
evaluating the Bridgestone tyres and, secondly, on car set-up.
As usual, this track should evolve bit by bit as rubber gets
put down on the racing line. It is up to our engineers and
those at Bridgestone to carefully analyse the data to make
the best choices for qualifying and the race.”
Felipe Massa: “Today, as usual, we
have worked on evaluating the tyres and on finding the best
set-up car for the car. The track is very dirty and so it
was very difficult to drive. We will have to look at all the
information we have very carefully to make the right choices
for qualifying and, even more importantly, for the race.”
Michael Schumacher: “It is always
hard to judge the results on Friday. We need to take a close
look at the data to get a clearer picture of the situation.
We spent a long time on track in the second hour and I was
not able to keep an eye on what the other drivers were doing.
Overall, we can say that our car-engine-Bridgestone tyre package
is good, but we don’t know how competitive are the others.
The low temperature is not a problem: the key is to choose
the right tyre for qualifying and the race. Naturally, we
hope to be at the front of the grid and I think we have a
good chance of doing just that.”
Ross Brawn: “It was quite a difficult
day as track conditions were still very green with not much
rubber down and lower temperatures than usual for this time
of year. This meant the tyres could not operate at their best
and therefore, we have to make our tyre choice mainly based
on how we predict the track could evolve. We did not work
so much on the cars, concentrating on the tyre choice. What
is clear is that there is a lot of work to be done to find
the best way of improving the overall performance of the package
we have, in terms of preparing for Sunday’s race.”
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