2007 MONACO GRAND PRIX
MONTE CARLO - FREE PRACTICE
The Honda Racing F1 Team today commenced its preparations
for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, Formula One's 'jewel in the
crown' which is held on the famous tight and twisting Monte
Carlo street circuit.
Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button geared up for the weekend
by achieving plenty of laps in today's two free practice sessions,
to fine-tune the RA107 to suit the unique set of challenges
presented by this circuit. They ended the day in 11th and
12th positions respectively.
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"As is always the case here, the track was very dirty
today. The teams are all trying different things so it's hard
to get a true idea of where we are in the field. I think we
can see from our running though that we have made some progress,
so I am pleased with the day. We did a lot of running and
have a huge amount of information to work with, which combined
with our test data gives us plenty of work to do during tomorrow's
'day off'. I am hopeful for a more positive weekend and looking
forward to it. It's always great to race in Monaco."
JENSON BUTTON
"Not a bad day overall. We achieved everything we set
out to achieve and it has been quite productive. Monaco is
always very exciting and fun to drive. As we saw today, there
can be a lot of incidents which can make it difficult to get
clean runs, so the trick is obviously to stay out of trouble.
I'm really looking forward to the rest of the weekend."
JACKY EECKELAERT
Engineering Director
"We have made good progress today in preparation for
the weekend ahead. Tailoring the cars to suit the unique demands
of this circuit is always a challenge and the track was particularly
'green' this morning. However we have worked steadily through
our programme and ended up with a good baseline from which
we can continue to develop through the weekend. Following
our four-day test in Paul Ricard and a lot of running here
today, we have plenty of data to work with so the national
holiday tomorrow is much-welcomed. We will have a whole extra
day for the engineering team and drivers to work together
in preparation for qualifying on Saturday. Generally a good
start with some positive signs but with more hard work ahead
of us."
FREE PRACTICE STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis No. Free Practice 1 Free Practice
2
Jenson Button 7 RA107-04 27 laps 01:19.332 P17 45 laps 01:17.457
P12
Rubens Barrichello 8 RA107-02 22 laps 01:18.676 P10 40 laps
01:17.449 P11
Weather Hot and Sunny
Temperatures Air: 29-32°C Track: 29-54°C
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