Cars:                RB2-02 (DC) and RB2-04 (CK)Drivers:             Wednesday:  David Coulthard       (89 laps, 1:25.074)Christian Klien     (51 laps, 1:23.795)Best time overall 1:20.038        (Rosberg)

Thursday:  David Coulthard          (75 laps, 1:22.939)Christian Klien        (85 laps, 1:21.999)Best time overall 1:21.096        (Massa)                    

Circuit length:      5.793 km

It's time for the Autumn Collections to hit the shops of fashionable Milano right now, but just down the  road  in  Monza,  our  test  team  has  been  shopping  for  tenths  and  hundredths  of a second in preparation for the Italian Grand Prix which takes place at this track on 10 September. We had a two day session with both race drivers present on both days in what was the penultimate majortest of the season.

The main item on the agenda was tyre choice for the race, which was a complex task as, since the team  was  last  here  in  June,  many  sections  of  the  track  have  been  resurfaced.  The  drivers  ran different tyre programmes; one working on compounds, the other on construction. The unique high speed nature of the track means that an equally unique low downforce package was also tested.

"Generally, the test went well with David getting through his full programme on the first day, when Christian  lost  a  bit  of  time  going  off  the  track  and  with  a  gearbox  problem,"  said  Chief  Test Engineer, Ian Morgan. "Today, Christian was again slightly delayed, this time by a brake problem in  the  morning  and  he  also  had  a  very  minor  "off"  right  at  the  end  of  the  day.  The  engine  ran faultlessly throughout and we are happy with the tyre choices we have made for next weekend."