BAR has high hopes of new aero package
The BAR Honda is looking forward to the first of the European races in Imola where it will use a new aerodynamic package it has been testing over the past two weeks. The team completed almost 6000kms in 5 days of testing at Barcelona and Paul Ricard.
In the course of the two tests, Jenson Button broke the unofficial lap record in Barcelona, previously held by Takuma Sato and set over a year ago under the prior technical regulations. Takuma also broke the unofficial lap record in Paul Ricard this week to confirm that developments introduced since Bahrain have been positive.
"After very successful tests of our new aerodynamic package at Barcelona and Paul Ricard, we are looking forward to the first round of the European season at Imola," said technical director Geoff Willis. "We had a very good race weekend here in 2004 and we expect the car to perform well again over the kerbs, which is important at this circuit. With track and air temperatures much lower than we experienced at the first three races, getting good tyre warm-up will be important, particularly in first qualifying, to help get a good aggregate qualifying position for this race where it is very hard to overtake. Imola is also a circuit which is hard on brakes, but despite the retirement at Bahrain we are confident that we will not encounter any wear problems."
The BAR Honda is looking forward to the first of the European races in Imola where it will use a new aerodynamic package it has been testing over the past two weeks. The team completed almost 6000kms in 5 days of testing at Barcelona and Paul Ricard.
In the course of the two tests, Jenson Button broke the unofficial lap record in Barcelona, previously held by Takuma Sato and set over a year ago under the prior technical regulations. Takuma also broke the unofficial lap record in Paul Ricard this week to confirm that developments introduced since Bahrain have been positive.
"After very successful tests of our new aerodynamic package at Barcelona and Paul Ricard, we are looking forward to the first round of the European season at Imola," said technical director Geoff Willis. "We had a very good race weekend here in 2004 and we expect the car to perform well again over the kerbs, which is important at this circuit. With track and air temperatures much lower than we experienced at the first three races, getting good tyre warm-up will be important, particularly in first qualifying, to help get a good aggregate qualifying position for this race where it is very hard to overtake. Imola is also a circuit which is hard on brakes, but despite the retirement at Bahrain we are confident that we will not encounter any wear problems."
