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20 February
2010 @ 18:00 GMT - Charles Cooper
Circuit: Circuito
de Jerez - 4.428 kms; Driver: Jaime Alguersuari; Chassis: STR5-02;
Best time: 1:21.053, 139 laps
This was the
fourth and final day of the penultimate test of the winter. In the
morning, Jaime did some aero evaluation runs and in the afternoon,
the team tackled a race simulation.
Over the whole
day, the STR5 completed the equivalent of over two race distances.
Chief Engineer, Laurent Mekies said: That is encouraging on the
reliability front. Even with the rain interrupting our programme this
week, it has been quite a useful test, working on both dry and wet
weather basic set-up. However, there is still a fair amount of work
to do before the first race in Bahrain and we hope to get a lot more
testing miles under our belt, in Barcelona next week.
Despite driving
two Grands Prix today, our Spanish drivers winter training
programme seems to have paid off, as he seemed in fine form after the session!
Jaime Alguersuari
said: These past two days in the car have been successful and
it was good that the weather improved, so I could manage to drive in
the dry. The most important aspect is that the car ran reliably,
which was our main target here in Jerez. It puts us in good shape to
tackle the final test in Barcelona. |