Day two at Sakhir for STR
In the hard world of Formula One, there's not much room for love and affection and on this St. Valentine's Day, the only sign of romance was the wheels of the cars kissing the kerbs as they sped around the Sakhir circuit.
Circuit : Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir - 5.417 km
Car : RB 1
Driver: Tonio Liuzzi
Laps: 70
Best time: 1:32.720
Liuzzi was in the cockpit today, although he was able to take an early bath as a gearbox problem meant the RB1 was forced to miss just the final 90 minutes of the session.
Chief Engineer, Laurent Mekies "Nevertheless, it was a reasonable day with signs of performance gain and general progress. As expected, the track was much cleaner than yesterday which allowed us to be more precise in our set-up work. Also, track temperatures were much higher today which made fora more realistic simulation of what we can expect for the race here in three weeks time, which is particularly relevant as far as the tyres are concerned."
Tomorrow, Switzerland's Neel Jani, the team's 2006 "Friday only" driver, will have his first run in RB1.
