Nurburgring: Practice 1 & 2 Report


By Racing Bulls
May 5 2006

Today saw the first two free pactice sessions for this weekends Grand Prix of Europe at the Nurburing. It was a superb result for Red Bull at this circuit last year, but will Coulthard & Klien be able to score points this year?

STATISTICS

DAVID COULTHARD

1st Practice Position:

N/a

Best Time:

-

Laps:

1

2nd Practice Position:

19

Best Time:

1:35.241

Laps:

14

Chassis Number:

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHRISTIAN KLIEN

1st Practice Position:

N/a

Best Time:

-

Laps:

1

2nd Practice Position:

18

Best Time:

1:35.066

Laps:

19

Chassis Number:

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROBERT DOORNBOS

1st Practice Position:

5

Best Time:

1:32.944

Laps:

19

2nd Practice Position:

4

Best Time:

1:33.799

Laps:

25

Chassis Number:

1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID COULTHARD, 1st Practice P n/a, 2nd Practice P19

"I think we’re likely to stay where we are for the next two races, but this time last year we really struggled on Thursday in Germany and yet on Sunday we had one of our best races ever in terms of competitiveness. It wasn’t just that we got fourth place, but we were actually within five or sixth tenths of the quickest time, so I’ve got an open mind ahead of the weekend. Although it’s pretty difficult today, with track evolution and things like that, things will change. "

CHRISTIAN KLIEN, 1st Practice P n/a, 2nd Practice P18

"That wasn’t exciting today. We did some balance work this afternoon, but I’m still not happy. There’s potential in the car, but the balance is definitely something we’ll have to think more about overnight. "

ROBERT DOORNBOS, 1st Practice P5, 2nd Practice P4

"I raced on this track in Formula 3 and F3000 and in both series had a podium finish. I was with Christian Horner’s team when I raced in F3000 and almost won the race, until the last couple of laps. I eventually came second. I haven’t done any Formula One testing here, but the track obviously suits me well. I went round here in the RS4 yesterday doing taxi rides for guests, so maybe that gave me a chance to learn the racing lines a little! I’m glad to have been in the top five in both sessions, so I’m happy."