Jerez Round-up: Klien 2nd Fastest

By Ian Lockwood
July 21 2006

The summer testing ban came along in fine style for Red Bull Racing today, as the team ended the final test until after the Turkish Grand Prix, with Christian Klien posting a competitive second fastest time.

With three grands prix in between now and the next test, tyre evaluation for the German, Hungarian and Turkish Grands Prix was the main item on the agenda, with David and Christian working on different tyre programmes, while Robert concentrated on data acquisition work aimed more at long term development.

"We had a couple of engine and clutch related problems on the first two days, but we completed the programmes all the same," said Chief Test Engineer, Ian Morgan. "Apart from tyres, we did more aerodynamic development work, as well as testing power steering and suspension geometry. Overall it has been an encouraging test and it’s good to see our car near the top of the time sheet, which hasn’t happened in a while

Wednesday:

David Coulthard: 1:19.459 (66 laps) - 12th

Robert Doornbos: 1:18.982 (54 laps) - 7th

Best time overall: Pedro de la Rosa: 1:17.547

Thursday:

David Coulthard: 1:18.719 (42 laps) - 7th

Robert Doornbos: 1:19.104 (49 laps) - 10th

Best time overall: Rubens Barrichello: 1:16.981

Friday: Christian Klien: 1:17.320 (101 laps) - 2nd

Best time overall: Kimi Raikkönen: 1:17.199