Barcelona Round-Up -DC Fastest on Final Day

By Ian Lockwood
February 14 2007

It is an often cited statement that setting quick lap times in winter testing means nothing at all come the start of the season, often cited by the slowest runners that is. But right or wrong, a quick lap time sure is good for morale!

“We are very pleased with the way this three day test has gone,” said Head of Race and Test Engineering, Paul Monaghan. “And yes, it’s nice to see David is quickest, at least  for  today,  but  more  impressive  is  the  fact  he  completed  116  laps.”  A  quick reality check came from the fact that, in the other car, Mark Webber did not get so much running today because of a drive train problem. “But we are confident we can get  on  top  of  that,”  continued  Monaghan.  “We  can  be  happy  with  the  mileage  we have completed over the three days and also with the fact that our relationship with Renault and Bridgestone continues to improve, as has the overall performance and reliability  of  the  car.  Now  we  look  forward  to  more  work  on  both  these  parameters when we head off for hotter conditions at the Bahrain test, starting on 22 February.”

Drivers: David Coulthard and Mark Webber

Cars:    RB3 – 01 and RB3 – 02

Times: 12/2:   David Coulthard 1.24.291 80 laps

                    Mark Webber   1.24.531 83 laps

                    F/L: De la Rosa 1.22.634

          13/2:   David Coulthard 1.23.322 51 laps

                    Mark Webber 1.22.916 86 laps

                    F/L: Massa     1.21.181

           14/2:  David Coulthard 1.21.855 116 laps          

                    Mark Webber 1.22.834 62 laps

                    F/L: Coulthard 1.21.855

Circuit length: 4.655 km