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Japanese GP 2006 - Free Practice & Qualifying

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Saturday, 7 October 2006
THE STRESS BIT









DAVID COULTHARD, Position 17th
"I love this track it's a great challenge, but unfortunately our car just isn't generating the overall
grip that's needed here. The balance isn't too bad, it's as good as it's been during any other lap
I've  driven  here,  we  just  lack  efficiency  on  this  type  of  high-speed  circuit.  We're  not  really
performing as we should be. The year started badly and we've never really recovered from it, it's
a big disappointment."

ROBERT DOORNBOS, Position 18th
"It's difficult to get the maximum out of the car and tyres in these dry conditions and we struggled
during  qualifying.  I  didn't  think  we'd  qualify  this  low,  I  thought  we'd  get  through  to  the  second
session for sure. We've got a long day ahead tomorrow, it's not going to be easy."

CHRISTIAN HORNER, "Both drivers struggled today with performance on new tyres. The longer
runs  this  morning  were  reasonable,  but  the  car  lacked  pace  on  new  tyres  and  it's  obviously
frustrating  to  qualify  17th  and  18th.  The  circuit  seems  to  favour  Bridgestone  at  the  moment,
however  hopefully  some  variable  conditions  in  the  race  tomorrow  will  allow  us  to  progress
through the field and we'll be working hard on our strategy this evening."


THE RELAX BIT



Not the best of days for us on the track, but they say the Japanese art of Origami is very
relaxing so turn over for something to swan about with…






















RED BULL RACING ORIGAMI SWAN

Follow instructions using release from another team!














1                                      2                                     3












Fold in half then unfold               Fold lower edges to centre crease     Fold paper in half horizontally
to make the swan's neck


4                                      5                                     6













Fold down the head of the swan         Fold the swan in half down the        The last step is to pull up it's
dotted line                           head so it looks forward!




Dashed line shows where the next fold is to be made
Arrows show the direction in which to fold the paper
Arrows is each direction means fold and unfold




STATISTICS
DAVID COULTHARD
3rd Practice Position:     16         Best Time:     1:33.451      Laps:     16
Qualifying Position:       17         Best Time:     1:32.252
Chassis Number:            3

ROBERT DOORNBOS
3rd Practice Position:     17         Best Time:     1:33.663      Laps:     12
Qualifying Position:       18         Best Time:     1:32.402
Chassis Number:            5

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