Team Report from Barcelona

Cars:                   RB2-02                  Cars:           RB2-03Drivers:                Christian Klien         Drivers:        David CoulthardLaps:                   55                      Laps:           54Best time:              1:16.923                 Best time:     1:16.034

That's  better!  Although  the  weather  once  again  tried  to  cause  problems  after  overnight  frost  left damp conditions in the morning, the track dried up much earlier than Wednesday, meaning David and Christian were able to start racking up the laps from around 10.30hrs onwards.

Christian's  programme  centred  on  aero  work  and  tyre  testing,  while  David  concentrated  on evaluating some aero items, along with some set-up and suspension work. "Christian managed to complete  some  longer runs, which is what we wanted, as he was using the race spec engine - gearbox package," said Chief Test Engineer Ian Morgan.

"Despite a few minor problems, he got through most of his programme, as did David.

Fridayis our final day here and the plan with both drivers is to simulate a race weekend, with qualifying laps and race length runs."