BAR Honda back on track Davidson and Bernoldi in action
BAR preparing for the European Grand Prix
BAR Honda may have been excluded from the Spanish Grand prix and the forthcoming Monaco Grand Prix a week Sunday, but the team took to the testing trail yesterday at Paul Ricard.
The first day of a proposed three-day test at the Paul Ricard circuit in Southern France began Wednesday morning in warm and sunny conditions. Anthony Davidson and Enrique Bernoldi driving chassis 007-01 and 007-03 respectively.
Davidson spent the morning session evaluating the new aerodynamic updates, completing a total of 63 laps. He continued the evaluation in the afternoon session, running for a further 54 laps before an electrical fault caused damage to the engine. The engine had to be changed which brought his afternoon running to a slightly early conclusion. Davidson completed a total of 117 laps today.
Bernoldi ran through a tyre casing programme in the morning session completing short runs. He continued the evaluation in the afternoon over longer runs, alongside a brake evaluation. Bernoldi’s final lap tally for the day was an impressive 171 laps.
hmmmm very interesting ...
u'd think they woulda broken the test day agreement after what happened...
oh well good on em for their commitment..
BAR skip Thursday running Predicted rain at Paul Ricard
Saving a day of testing for later in the season
BAR Honda, like all but Ferrari, intend to test just 30 days in 2005 and this morning the team announced that they would not be running at Paul Ricard today.
With rain predicted for later this afternoon, and the circuit still in the short Monaco-style layout as agreed with the other teams, it was decided to save a day's testing. The team of course will not be racing at Monte Carlo this year.
BAR Honda intend to test tomorrow when the weather is expected to improve and the circuit will be in a Montreal layout. Jenson and Takuma will drive tomorrow in chassis 007-01 and 007-03 respectively.
171 laps is mighty impressive! And I reckon Ferrari have everyright to go test more, as their essentially the only competitive team running Bridgestones, so much of their testing is tyre related. LOL these bets are going to provide some feirce battles this season!
What's wrong with the Bridgestones? Both Ferrari drivers have had car, track and luck problems this season. Michael has at times been the quickest on the track. What's the problem with his tyres?
His tyres aren't lasting, thats the main problem.
They don't heat up quick enough for the 1 dash sprint for qualifying.
And if he pushes them look what happened at Spain.
Jackosimm, nice avatar!
If BAR was the only main team on Bridgestones this conversation would be so different, and you all know it.
yeah exactly, they cant get going quick enough after safety car and for qualifying. Starting a few rows back has a huge affect, cause if he was infront, an overtaking move on Schumacher could be prevented. Thought it was time to update the avatar lol
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