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Japanese GP 2006 - Free Practice 1 & 2

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Friday, 6 October 2006
SERIOUS STUFF










DAVID COULTHARD, 1st Practice P-, 2nd Practice P22
"In changing conditions, you have got to decide which set of tyres you're going to scrub off. If you
run a set of intermediates, you lose them, so I chose to save them and run on the slicks at the
end of the second session. It wasn't the cleanest of laps, I didn't optimise the lap time on the fuel
level and engine load, but the car felt quite slow overall anyway, so we need to see if there are
any issues with the car."

ROBERT DOORNBOS, 1st Practice P-, 2nd Practice P25
"It was a boring day actually! I've been sitting around more than any other driving day today. We
didn't run this morning and this afternoon we were waiting for it to dry out a little. In the last ten
minutes everyone went out on the track and trying to find a clear lap and amongst the traffic it
was quite difficult. We have a reasonable idea where we are, Michael (Ammermüller) racked up
some  miles  so  we  can  look  at  his  data.  It's  a  narrow  circuit  here,  which  makes  it  good  fun  to
drive, so I'm looking forward to tomorrow."

MICHAEL AMMERMÜLLER, 1st Practice P4, 2nd Practice P12
"It was a lot easier to drive the car here than in Shanghai, as I know it better now. The only thing I
had to learn quickly was driving in the rain, but I think it went quite well and it didn't take me too
long to get into a good rhythm. Overall, we were quite good in the dry and only one second off
the pace, which I was pleased with. There are a number of quick corners here, which makes it
great, though I'm sure it would be even better if it was a little bit drier."

FUN STUFF























RED BULL RACING ORIGAMI PLANE

Follow instructions using release from another team!











1                                      2                                     3










Fold in half then unfold               Fold in top two corners to meet       Fold again along dotted lines
the centre crease

4                                      5                                     6









Fold top half down horizontally                                              Fold sides in


7                                      8                                     9








Fold in half along the vertical line   Fold down the two top halves on
each side to form the wings


Dashed line shows where the next fold is to be made
Arrows show the direction in which to fold the paper
Repeat the step
Rotate the model




STATISTICS

DAVID COULTHARD
1st Practice Position:     -          Best Time:     -             Laps:    1
2nd Practice Position:     22         Best Time:     1:37.596      Laps:    6
Chassis Number:            3


ROBERT DOORNBOS
1st Practice Position:     -          Best Time:     -             Laps:    1
2nd Practice Position:     25         Best Time:     1:37.788      Laps:    9
Chassis Number:            5


MICHAEL AMMERMÜLLER
1st Practice Position:     4          Best Time:     1:47.162      Laps:    21
2nd Practice Position:     12         Best Time:     1:35.433      Laps:    25
Chassis Number:            1

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