2006 GERMAN GRAND PRIX HOCKENHEIM
FREE PRACTICE
The Honda Racing F1 Team's German Grand Prix got off to a
solid start at Hockenheim today. The team's RA106 was competitive
in both one-hour practice sessions, which provides a good
baseline for the rest of the weekend's race preparations.
All three drivers were out on track during both sessions,
although it was Anthony Davidson, the Honda Racing F1 Team's
third driver, who did the bulk of the running this morning.
This afternoon, a brief rain shower meant that the track
was too wet for dry tyres and too dry for wets, so the drivers
waited for the shower to pass before they got down to business.
Rubens and Jenson completed 13 laps each and focused on long
runs.
ANTHONY DAVIDSON
"A difficult day here at Hockenheim. The weather conditions
made it hard work for everyone in the second session then
when it started to dry out we had to quickly do our tyre programme.
It was a little bit scrappy for everybody but thankfully there
was just enough time to choose the tyre that we think will
work well for the rest of the weekend. The first session went
well for me. I had a nice balance and I think our long run
pace looks really good so I'm confident for a good race here."
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"We weren't able to complete all the running we had planned
but I think we are looking a little more competitive than
we were at the last race. However, it's only Friday. There's
a long way to go yet and it's too early to draw any firm conclusions.
At this stage though I'm feeling good about the car and I
hope this will continue through the rest of the weekend."
JENSON BUTTON
"Generally a good start to the weekend. The rain shower
made life a little bit difficult but apart from that the car
is working well so far. We'll just have to wait and see how
the rest of the weekend pans out."
GIL DE FERRAN
Sporting Director
"Despite the changing weather and less running than we
had originally planned, we were able to gather a lot of information
about the performance of our car and tyres today. We are quite
satisfied with our results so far, as we look reasonably competitive
on short and long runs. I envisage a long night ahead looking
at all the data and hopefully making decisions that will further
improve our performance tomorrow."
FREE PRACTICE STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis Free Practice 1 Free Practice 2
Rubens Barrichello 11 RA106-01 6 laps 01:18.085 P6 13 laps
01:17.519 P9
Jenson Button 12 RA106-05 5 laps 01:17.439 P4 13 laps 01:17.542
P10
Anthony Davidson 36 RA106-03 29 laps 01:16.523 P2 26 laps
01:17.294 P6
Weather Warm and sunny
Temperatures Air: 27-28°C Track: 30-42°C
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