Car: RB6 – 01Laps: 50Best time: 1.26.502Circuit length: 4.423 km

Fastest lap: N. Rosberg – 1:20.927 (set before the rain started)

Following its unveiling in the pit lane at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit Wednesday  morning,the RB6 completed its first day of testing yesterday.

Despite continuous rain from around 1000hrs onwards, the team made good progressin the morning as it began working through the new car system checks. However, anoil leak late morning led to a precautionary engine change for the RB6 in theafternoon, which lost the team some valuable track time.

“It was great to finally see the car in action after a long winter with no testing”, said IanMorgan, Head of Race Engineering.

“Everything ran very smoothly this morning andthe build of the car was very structured. It’s frustrating that a problem with a simplecomponent late morning forced an engine change later in the day, as it cost us quite alot of time. However, the most disappointing thing today was the weather – it’s good tohave a test in the wet, but it’s not ideal when it’s your first. We’re hoping for betterconditions tomorrow when we will continue working through the new car systemchecks.”