Wednesday Day Two

Cars:                   RB2-02                  Cars:           RB2-03Drivers:                Christian Klien         Drivers:        David CoulthardLaps:                   35                      Laps:           10Best time:              1:16.900                 Best time:     1:18.190Circuit length:         4.627km

It was a bad day of testing for Red Bull Racing, yesterday. The plan was for both race drivers to go through an on-track dress rehearsal for the Bahrain Grand  Prix, but things did not turn out that way for David and Christian.

It was another cold and damp start so after a single installation lap, our drivers, in line with several others, opted to stay in the pits until the track warmed up. When they went out at midday,  Coulthard's  engine  failed  and  Klien's  gearbox  packed  up  in  quick  succession.

"David had a fresh engine, but it was not to the latest specification that we plan to run inBahrain,"  said  Chief  Test  Engineer  Ian  Morgan.  "Christian's  gearbox  was  quite  high mileage, but we would not have expected it to fail when it did. Because he had a Bahrain spec engine, it was important to put as many miles on it as possible, but both guys lost a lot  of  track  time,  especially  David,  who  only  returned  to  the  track  with  half  an  hour remaining."

Both race drivers are back on track today, when the plan is for them to run through a qualifying and race simulation.