2006 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX, SEPANG, 17-18-19 MARCH
FREE PRACTICE
Drivers Car No. Chassis
Rubens Barrichello 11 RA106-03
Jenson Button 12 RA106-04
Anthony Davidson 36 RA106-01
Weather Warm, sunny and humid
Temperatures Air: 32-37°C Track: 34-46°C Humidity:
41-56°C
For the second race weekend in succession, the Honda Racing
F1 Team's Anthony Davidson ended Friday free practice as the
fastest driver on the track. Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello
were the 6th and 8th fastest of the race drivers in Kuala
Lumpur today, as they began their preparations for Sunday's
Malaysian Grand Prix.
Free practice sessions 1 and 2 were conducted in typically
fierce heat and humidity at the Sepang Circuit, allowing the
drivers to acclimatise to the conditions expected for Sunday's
race as they conducted their usual set-up and tyre selection
programmes.
ANTHONY DAVIDSON
Free Practice 1 Position: 3rd
No of Laps: 25 Fastest lap time: 1:35.997
Free Practice 2 Position: 1st
No of Laps: 14 Fastest lap time: 1:35.041
"Obviously I'm pleased to end Friday at the top of the
timesheets for the second race in a row. It hasn't been quite
as straightforward a day as we hoped, due to the problem I
had with the rears locking. This caused me to spin and lose
a lot of time in the second session. Overall I think we ended
the day in better shape and have some good information to
work with to improve the car."
JENSON BUTTON
Free Practice 1 No Timed Lap (Third Car Programme)
Free Practice 2 Position: 8th
No of Laps: 12 Fastest lap time: 1:36.661
"A pretty straightforward day for us in terms of our
set-up and tyre programme. There's still a lot more to come
from the car and some work to be done to nail the set-up,
as Anthony's problem demonstrated. Hopefully we can solve
our problems for tomorrow."
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
Free Practice 1 No Timed Lap (Third Car Programme)
Free Practice 2 Position: 10th
No of Laps: 13 Fastest lap time: 1:37.270
"We still have some work to do on the braking - I'm
still struggling with that a little from Bahrain. There's
still a lot of work to do on the set-up but it was positive
to see where Anthony ended up today."
GIL DE FERRAN
SPORTING DIRECTOR
"We are happy to have Anthony at the top of the timesheets
again, however all three drivers are not entirely pleased
with the car, so there is definitely some room for improvement.
Despite the fact that the third car running was curtailed,
we gathered a lot of data and hopefully will put this to good
use tomorrow."
SHUHEI NAKAMOTO
MANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBER, HONDA RACING F1 TEAM
ENGINEERING DIRECTOR - HONDA RACING DEVELOPMENT
"We had a very straightforward day with the engine today.
We do not anticipate any problems due to the high temperatures
and humidity, despite the fact that this will be the second
race weekend's mileage conducted on both engines. We will
analyse the data gathered today and work towards achieving
a strong qualifying position tomorrow."
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