Bruno Senna tries his debut F1 car for size for the first time
On Monday the 9th of November Bruno visited Dallara’s facilities in Parma and saw for the first time his new car for the Formula 1 2010 season.
According to the recently confirmed F1 driver, "I am pleasantly surprised by how advanced the development of the car is.”
Apart from being able to see the car with which he will make his debut in Formula 1 in the Bahrain Grand Prix on the 14th of March 2010, the Dallara engineering team took the measurements needed to design and build his seat, confirming Bruno's seat position plus the dimensions and layout of the cockpit.
"Being able to sit inside the car, do a seat fit and allow Dallara to make a tailor made, moulded seat, taking into account my exact height and proportions, constitutes another step forward in order to be present in the F1 group test sessions in February.”
Bruno said that "I have raced in cars made by Dallara before and I trust completely in their way of working as well as their experience and quality. We are a new team and we are going to struggle at the beginning for sure, but if we keep on working in this direction, we will be able to make a good debut in our first season.”
Toni Cuquerella, in charge of the direct supervision of Dallara’s work, also visited the factory this week and was pleasantly impressed as well.
"The project is really advanced and we have already passed all the internal tests of homologation. Dallara has been working extraordinarily hard for months and we are really happy with the results up to now.”
"Thanks to the current advanced development of the car and the data provided by Dallara, we have been able to carry out the first simulations in almost all the circuits that will organize a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2010.”
Adrián Campos, Team Principal of Campos Meta, is thrilled: "With each visit to Dallara, the advances in the car are more evident and we are starting to see it in its final size after having observed the development on scale during the wind tunnel working stage.”
"If everything goes according to our initial plans, we will have at least one car in Valencia’s test sessions at the beginning of February and two cars in Montmeló two weeks later.”
