Red Bull Racing Barcelona Two Day Testing Round-up

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BARCELONA TESTING - Days 2 & 3                                30th November 2006

Cars:                RB2-02 (MW & MA) and RB2-05 (DC)
Day 2:               David Coulthard:           73 laps       1: 18.526
Mark Webber:               43 laps       1: 18.249
Best time overall 1:16.406        (F. Massa, Ferrari)
Day 3:               David Coulthard:           82 laps       1:17.876
Michael Ammermuller:       76 laps       1:18.741
Best time overall 1:16.317        (L. Badoer, Ferrari)

Circuit length:      4.627km

The idea that tyres are all round and black and simply serve to keep the bottom of the car from scraping  along  the  ground  would  not  meet  with  approval  from  any  engineers  and  drivers  at  the Circuit de Catalunya this week. Getting to grips with the Bridgestone Potenza tyres that everyone will use in 2007 was the undisputed number one topic for just about everyone these past few days, especially important for teams like ours that were previously using another brand. "We've had a productive  three  days,  collecting  a  lot  of  data,  beginning  to  get  an  understanding  of  the Bridgestones and they are certainly very different to what we had been running," reckoned Chief Test Engineer, Ian Morgan.  "David's programme ran very smoothly throughout and today, as Mark had other commitments, Michael Ammermuller took his place and actually managed to get through more work than we had expected. Next week, we move to Jerez, where tyre work will again be the main priority when we start running on Wednesday, this time with a softer compound to assess."