2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
MONTREAL - FREE PRACTICE
Free practice for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix got underway
at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal today with the
Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button
ending the day in 7th and 13th positions respectively. Both
Honda drivers spent much of the day working to find a good
long-run balance on the low downforce circuit and although
good progress was made, there is still work to be done with
the RA107 in advance of tomorrow's qualifying session.
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"The team did a great job working to improve the car
over the day so I am happy with that. The balance of the car
is not yet where I want it to be, however looking at the degradation
of the tyres and seeing how we performed this afternoon, we
can be positive and work towards a better day tomorrow."
JENSON BUTTON
"We completed all of the work that we planned for today,
with both Rubens and I covering a lot of laps which gives
us valuable data to work with overnight. It has been a reasonable
start to the weekend and although we have some work to do
to improve our long-run pace, overall it was a good day."
JACKY EECKELAERT
Engineering Director
"We achieved our planned programme today and completed
plenty of running but we have had some problems finding a
good long run balance on the option tyre. We suspect this
has been the case for some of the other teams also. We have
seen quite a significant track evolution between the two sessions,
and if the conditions develop as we expect them to, then the
track should be more suited to the softer tyre. Our long run
pace on the hard tyres was pretty competitive compared to
those teams closest to us."
FREE PRACTICE STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis No. Free Practice 1 Free Practice
2
Jenson Button 7 RA107-04 24 laps 01:18.932 P13 36 laps 01:18.474
P13
Rubens Barrichello 8 RA107-02 18 laps 01:19.937 P18 38 laps
01:18.108 P7
Weather Warm and sunny
Temperatures Air: 29-31°C Track: 46-48°C
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