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25 February
2010 @ 17:58 GMT - Max Moore
Circuit: Circuit
de Catalunya 4.655 kms ; Driver: Jaime Alguersuari; Chassis:
STR5-02; Best time: 1:24.869, 111 laps
In the words of
Swedish rock group, Europe: its the final countdown.
Eleven teams began a four day test in Barcelona, the last session of
the winter, before the serious business begins in Bahrain in a couple
of weeks.
With Jaime and two
other Spanish drivers on track today, the crowds began queuing to get
in well before the start of the action at 9am, while members of
Jaimes Fan Club soon had a banner hanging from the grandstand
opposite the pits. He gave them plenty to see, as he completed 111
laps, the most of any driver today. The morning was dedicated to
set-up work on the STR5, while in the afternoon, the team evaluated a
new braking system. Throughout the day, the car ran on just one of
the three Bridgestone compounds available here.
It was
encouraging to have another trouble free day, completing a high
mileage, said Jaime Alguersuari. We learned a lot doing
long runs on the Soft compound tyre and Im looking forward to
tackling a different programme tomorrow.
Alguersuari has
one more day in the cockpit, before Sébastien Buemi takes over
for Saturday and Sunday. |