Balance problems still to sort out for Arrows

Ran well today
By Huw Alban
July 26 2002

OrangeArrows had a productive free practice today at Hockenheim, and both the drivers and the team seem pleased that their cars ran well whilst the rest of the grid appeared to struggle. Tomorrow is another day though...

Heinz-Harald Frentzen:

“We had a very good Friday today, with no troubles. It’s good to make Friday Practice as it’s an important time for collecting data. We went through our usual programme with the addition of having a new circuit to learn and I think we made good progress.”

Enrique Bernoldi:

“We’ve had a lot of work to do today, as with the changes to the circuit, we’ve had to work hard on getting a good balance here. The circuit is not bad at all but I do still prefer the old one. I think there is still room for improvement tomorrow but I’m happy with the progress we made today.”

Graham Taylor, Chief Race Engineer:

“We got through a great deal of work today. The drivers are both competitive and very closely matched. We did a good tyre comparison, but have a few balance issues to sort out before tomorrow. The opposition seemed to have a few problems whilst we had very few, but we fully expect our group to be as competitive as ever. It was nice to run on the Friday and hopefully the data we gathered can be converted into performance tomorrow.”