Red Bull Racing testing round-up

Cars:                RB2-01 (DC) and RB2-04 (RD. AL)Drivers:             Wednesday:  David Coulthard       (77 laps, 1:24.806)Robert Doornbos     (14 laps, 1:26.806)Tonio Liuzzi         (15 laps, 1:27.594Best time overall 1:23.369        (Villeneuve)

Thursday:  David Coulthard          (80 laps, 1:24.423)Robert Doornbos        (70 laps, 1:25.080)Best time overall 1:22.913        (J Button)

Circuit length:      5.793 km

It's getting to that time of year when the world's Beautiful People start working on their tans. ButRed Bull Racing's Beautiful Test Team are still working on their lap times, this time at Monza, nearMilan.The programme hit a hiccough yesterday as Robert Doornbos ate something that disagreed withhis metabolism and after a handful of laps the Dutchman had to throw up and throw in the towel.The  team  continued  running  just  with  David  Coulthard  until  Scuderia  Toro  Rosso's Tonio Liuzziarrived in late afternoon to stand in for the poorly Robert.

The programme was pretty much the same over the two days: given the peculiarities of both theMontreal  and  Indianapolis  tracks  with  their  long  fast  sections,  the  team  evaluated  low  dragconfiguration  front  and  rear  wings  and  various  other  aerodynamic  tweaks,  which  had  producedencouraging  data  in  the  wind  tunnel.  "Although  it  is  hard  to  quantify  the  results  of  aerodynamicchanges, the results seemed good," said Chief Test Engineer, Ian Morgan. "Although we lost timewith one car on the first day, when Robert was unwell, this was a useful test. We also worked ontyre  choice  for  Indianapolis  and  looked  at  weight  distribution  as  well  as  trying  other  chassismodifications."


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