Race simulation exercises for Honda
The weather was warm and sunny in Bahrain on Wednesday morning for the start of the Honda Racing F1 Team's third day of testing at the Sahkir circuit, scene of the opening Grand Prix of 2006 Formula One season in little more than three weeks time.
Conditions were a little hotter than on Tuesday with ambient temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and a track temperature of 33 degrees Celsius.
Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello continued their driving responsibilities in chassis RA106-01 and chassis RA106-03 respectively. Both drivers focused on tyre and aerodynamic evaluations in the morning session before completing race simulation exercises in the afternoon session, in conjunction with further tyre evaluations.
Jenson completed a very impressive 140 laps during the day, once again setting the second fastest time overall and the fastest time among the V8 runners. Rubens also completed more than 100 laps and was third fastest overall.
Bahrain test times - Wednesday
1. Felipe Massa (Ferrari V10) 1m 30.018s
2. Jenson Button (Honda) 1m 31.265s
3. Rubens Barrichello (Honda) 1m 31.631s
4. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) 1m 32.230s
5, Neel Jani (Toro Rosso) 1.33.075s
NB: Massa is driving a restricted V10 2004 Ferrari and Jani is driving a restricted V10 2005 Red Bull.
