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."