yea, but jordan and minardi together wouldn't even be the size of a larger team, so brigdestone have 2 teams if that... well pretty much...
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yea, but jordan and minardi together wouldn't even be the size of a larger team, so brigdestone have 2 teams if that... well pretty much...
if you know what i mean...
I'm thinking of heading over to Imola for the next round if I can find a flight at a cheap, last-minute price....(can anyone hook me up???)
I wanna see Ferrari's first win of the season!
Jus-10
When i'm in europe the best thing to do is book with an agent over there.
Imola track have there own selling booth as well, you should search the net for it.
hmmmm could this be the turning point ...Quote:
In an exhaustive two-car, three-day, four-driver test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona this week, BAR Honda broke its own lap record - set over a year ago by Takuma Sato - and completed 719 laps reliably, the equivalent to over 11 Grand Prix distances.
This week's test focused on aerodynamic upgrades, running the latest specification engine from Honda and completing a full evaluation programme with tyre partner Michelin. The test provided a big boost for everyone at BAR Honda who have worked tirelessly on performance improvements for the start of the European season.
Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson started the test on Wednesday driving chassis 007-01 and the new chassis 007-05 respectively. After both drivers completed early set-up runs, Button worked exclusively on aerodynamic upgrade evaluations to complete a total of 109 laps. Davidson concentrated on evaluating tyre options for the Spanish Grand Prix, whilst also running the engine to its target mileage. He completed a very impressive 143 laps.
Button remained in chassis 007-01 on Thursday and continued his aerodynamic evaluation. He completed 141 laps setting the fastest time of the day - a 01:13.552, a new lap record for the Circuit de Catalunya. Takuma joined the test driving chassis 007-05. He spent the early part of the morning on set-up runs, followed by a tyre evaluation which he continued into the afternoon, completing a total of 121 laps. With Sato's programme completed, and making the most of the track time available, Enrique Bernoldi took over for the last ninety minutes working mainly on the set-up of the car, completing 21 laps.
Sato and Bernoldi continued the driving responsibilities on Friday with Sato remaining in chassis 007-05 and Bernoldi moving to chassis 007-01.
With the rain coming down intermittently throughout the day, both drivers ran through an intermediate wet tyre programme. Bernoldi ran for a total of 65 laps taking the engine past its target mileage before it finally failed. He did not run again having completed his day's objectives. By late afternoon, the track had dried sufficiently to move onto grooved tyres and Sato ran through an aerodynamic evaluation. He completed a total of 129 laps today.
Jenson Button
"It was a very busy test this week and I completed 250 laps over the two days. We focused mostly on reliability and aerodynamic work, trying out the new parts on the car, whilst the other car was doing all the tyre testing. The test went reasonably well and we have made a step forward. It's difficult to know how big a step in relation to everybody else but we've tried lots of different parts on the car and think we've found the best way forward. It was nice to break the lap record at the end of the day on Thursday."
Takuma Sato
"It was a very good test this week. We did a lot of working for the aerodynamics and tyres. Mainly I did tyre work on my first day and it's good to see we made some progress with our performance and we are up on the top of the timesheets. Today unfortunately it was raining but we did some encouraging wet tyre testing. It was a bit of a mixture as we had dry runs as well so we tried some different set-ups. It was a very positive test and we need to carry this on to next week at Paul Ricard."
Anthony Davidson
"It was a good day for me on Wednesday as I covered 143 laps, some 663KMS, which is the most laps the team has ever covered around Barcelona on a single day. We concentrated on tyre testing, looking at the option and prime compounds for the Spanish Grand Prix. We got some positive results and the car was handling well all day. I posted a pretty good time towards the end of the session so overall it was a positive day for me."
Enrique Bernoldi
"This is the first test where I have had the opportunity to drive the new B•A•R Honda 007 car properly. I had two short runs yesterday on old tyres before starting this morning in the dry conditions. We started on warm-up runs but the rain came down quite early so we got into our wet test programme which we managed to complete on the intermediate tyres. The new car felt good to drive, it was a better feeling than the Concept car."
Mark Ellis, Chief Test Engineer
"This week has been an extremely positive test for us. The whole team has worked impressively to prepare the cars to the highest standards each day and both cars have proven to be very reliable which has enabled us to get through a huge amount of work. We have worked solidly on the performance of the car and have made definite progress. We will continue this programme at Paul Ricard next week where we will make further preparations and introduce further new parts before the first European race at Imola. This week we have also completed greater than the required two-race event mileage on three different engines, which is a big boost for everyone at Honda. Everyone at B•A•R Honda is working tirelessly to get us back to the front of the grid."
Shuhei Nakamoto, HRD Engineering Director
"We made good progress with the engine this week and will continue pushing forward at Paul Ricard next week."
E.A.
Source BAR Honda
source f1live.com
nice find ^^v, hopefully you're right and it is a turning point.... or at least we might get both cars finishing a race :o
Might be a turn around, I think I heard James or Alan talking to a BAR person during Bahrain and he was saying that they have a whole lot of new stuff coming up until Monaco.
But, who cares about BAR when you can see Ferrari challenge Renault and see GOD SCHUMACHER and not a whinger named Button. :D
BAR are going bad this yr! wonder why..
My opinion is this:Quote:
Originally Posted by JDM.Power
1/ Dave Richards is gone and so are some of the insider guys
2/ They spent way to much time trying to hang onto Jenson
3/ Jenson doesn't want to be there (listen to his comments as of late)
4/ Most teams have stepped up a lot (Renault, McLaren, Williams etc)
5/ BAR just got lucky last year with everyone having such a bad year (basically they had a good, fast, reliable and well set up car)
lol good reasonin jason, makes sense
yeah ur rite about the first 4 points.. and half the the 5th...Quote:
Originally Posted by LUD02C
but i dun think luck had anything to do with the other teams performing shit last year... its lik saying.. oh they're unlucky coz their engine/aero parts r crap :rolleyes:..
there are no excuses in f1 :)
ahahha..jenson hates BAR..