Doornbos impressed

Robert Doornbos drove his first few laps in Red Bull Racing’s 2006 F1 Championship contender yesterday at the Circuito de Catalunya. At the 4,727 kilometer long track near Barcelona, Robert drove 61 laps in total in which he set a best time of 1:19.104.

At 09:00 hours Robert completed a single installationlap with the RB2 before returning back to the pitlane. A small electronical problem and too low airtemperature kept Robert in for approximately one hour before he returned to action at 10:15 hours. In the remainder of the morning session, Robert completed 28 laps in which the team mainly focussed on gathering as much information as possible on their newly introduced damper system.

After the lunchbreak Red Bull Racing continued their intensive programme by testing new electronical settings and a new brake system on Robert’s car. Though the RB2 doesn’t yet runs the definite bodywork, Robert’s laptimes definitely showed RBR is improving. At the end of the day Robert his first day in the RB2 with 61 laps under his belt in which he clocked a fastest laptime of 1:19.104.

Robert Doornbos “It was good to be back behind the wheel today after a six week break. Both the car and the Ferrari engine impressed me. Today we mainly tested some new electronical things without relatively changing the set-up much. Every run I did, I could feel we’re working in the right direction. Tomorrow I’ll stay here to watch David taking over from me and after that I’ll travel to Geneva and back to the UK, before continuing testing next week in Valencia.”