Friday action for Honda

The temperature dropped and the wind picked up in Jerez today for the third day of the team’s four-day test. Combined with frequent circuit red lights and intermittent rain showers in the afternoon session, it was a frustrating day for all the teams and drivers.

Rubens Barrichello began his day with an installation lap in chassis 078-07 before returning to the garage to wait for the track temperatures to warm up sufficiently. Once back out on track, he completed a series of familiarisation runs to further acclimatise himself to the V8 car. Barrichello’s final lap tally for the day was 38.

Anthony Davidson continued his running in chassis 078-08. He worked through an aerodynamic evaluation, alongside chassis set-up work, completing 50 laps in the morning session.

Davidson spent the afternoon attempting to complete a tyre evaluation; however, the frequent rain interruptions meant that this could not be completed. Anthony circulated 19 times this afternoon bringing to 69 laps his total for the day.

Barrichello will remain in Jerez tomorrow to take part in a Michelin wet test.

1 F. Alonso 01:18.503 V8
2 A. Davidson 01:19.152 V8
3 G. Fisichella 01:19.779 V8
4 G. Paffett 01:19.801 V10
5 P. De La Rosa 01:19.824 V10
6 R. Barrichello 01:20.040 V8
7 M. Webber 01:20.470 V8
8 N. Heidfeld 01:20.486 V8
9 A. Wurz 01:20.907 V8
10 C. Klien 01:21.628 V8