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20 February
2010 @ 17:55 GMT - Charles Cooper
Driver: Mark
Webber; Car: RB6-01; Laps: 88; Best time: 1:21.194; Circuit length:
4.423km; Fastest lap: J. Button 1:18.871
After three
successful runs to evaluate different tyre compounds, Marks
fourth was stopped late morning when the car had an engine failure.
The team lost around two and a half hours of running time while a
replacement was fitted, but Mark was back out on track in the
afternoon. After an installation lap, he completed one very long run,
as the team continued its tyre testing.
Mark Webber said:
The weather was a lot kinder to us on the last two days and we
learned a hell of a lot, no question about it. We did a lot of stuff
with Renault and also leaned about the aerodynamics and the chassis
there were lots of things we kept throwing into the fire and
we kept learning, so that was good. We need a nice clear run in
Barcelona and a little more reliability there and were ready to
go racing.
Ian Morgan, Head
of Race Engineering said: It was frustrating test with the wet
weather over the first two days, but having two dry days at the end
was good and enabled us to get some good mileage on the car. Next
weeks test in Barcelona will concentrate on our final
preparations before Bahrain, including some race simulations.
That Barcelona
test will be the final pre-season test, ahead of the first grand prix
on March 14. |