2006 EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX NÜRBURGRING
FREE PRACTICE
In free practice for this weekend's European Grand Prix,
Anthony Davidson once again conducted the lion's share of
the running for the Honda Racing F1 Team in his Friday testing
role, doing most the set-up and tyre selection work to post
the 5th fastest time overall. He also covered more mileage
than any other driver today, achieving 59 laps in total.
The team made good progress throughout the two sessions with
Jenson and Rubens the 2nd and 3rd fastest of the race drivers
this morning. This afternoon they focused more on long run
programmes to end the day 7th and 15th. The main issue of
the day has been a lack of grip due to the camber changes
of the Nürburgring circuit, which makes achieving a good
balance quite challenging here.
ANTHONY DAVIDSON
"We've had an uninterrupted day today and covered a lot
of laps. The car was reliable and we've managed to find a
good balance for short runs in the morning and long runs this
afternoon. We have gathered a lot of data to look at from
the long runs regarding the tyre decision and generally we
are happy with our day's work."
JENSON BUTTON
"We've had a pretty straightforward Friday in terms of
what we've been working on - set-up and tyre choices. As usual
Anthony has been doing much of the running to enable Rubens
and I to preserve our cars for the race. This is always a
very strange circuit to get a good balance on because of the
camber changes but the car is working reasonably well. There
are a few balance issues that we need to solve and it's just
very low grip out there, that's the biggest issue. I guess
we will see how we can improve on that for tomorrow."
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"The day was trouble free in the sense that the car worked
okay. The car feels very limited with both front and rear
grip to be honest. We're not worried about the performance
on new tyres, we just have to keep working for the race, which
is our main target."
GIL DE FERRAN
Sporting Director
"We have had quite a productive Friday with all three
cars. Anthony ran non-stop and as a result we have a lot of
tyre data to go through tonight. We also elected to run both
Jenson and Rubens during both sessions, giving us an opportunity
to evaluate the race cars earlier. Looking at the day as a
whole, we are reasonably fast but there is room for improvement
on the car balance front. We shall see what tomorrow brings."
SHUHEI NAKAMOTO
Management Board Member - Honda Racing F1 Team, Engineering
Director - Honda Racing Development
"A pretty standard Friday for us with no particular problems.
We are on the second race weekend for the engines in both
race cars and therefore focused most of the running around
Anthony today."
FREE PRACTICE STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis Free Practice 1 Free Practice 2
Rubens Barrichello 11 RA106-01 7 laps 01:34.213 P7 11 laps
01:34.631 P15
Jenson Button 12 RA106-04 6 laps 01:33.635 P6 12 laps 01:33.920
P7
Anthony Davidson 36 RA106-03 29 laps 01:32.399 P2 29 laps
01:33.870 P5
Weather Warm and sunny
Temperatures Air: 18-23°C Track: 27-42°C
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