Stunning 234 laps for Honda's final day in Bahrain

By Honda Racing F1
February 16 2006

The Honda Racing F1 Team has completed the fourth and final day of what's been an extremely productive test pre-season at the Bahrain International Circuit with 4638kms completed in total.

Race drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello were again in action on Thursday driving chassis RA106-01 and chassis RA106-03 respectively. The weather continued to be very sunny and warm with ambient temperatures of 27 degrees Celsius and track temperatures of 33 degrees Celsius.

Both Jenson and Rubens had a particularly productive final day today. Jenson spent the day focusing on a tyre evaluation programme, with live pit stops during the afternoon session, followed by a chassis set-up evaluation to conclude the day's running. Jenson completed 133 laps in total and set the fastest time of the V8 runners for the third day in succession.

Rubens completed a successful race simulation today, along with a suspension and aero programme. He completed 101 laps in total.

Pos	Driver	Team	Engine	Car	T	Best Lap	Laps
1	Massa	Ferrari	Ferrari	F2004 V10	B	1:30.018	90
2	Button	Honda	Honda	RA106	M	1:31.261	133
3	Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	Cosworth	RB1	M	1:31.385	56
4	Barrichello	Honda	Honda	RA106	M	1:31:590	101
5	Speed	Toro Rosso	Cosworth	RB1	M	1:32.623	62
6	M Schumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari	248 F1	B	1:32.909	23