Imola: Friday Report


By Ian Lockwood
April 21 2006

Red Bull Driver's views on the first two practice sessions for this weekends San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. The circuit is known for curbs - they need to be attacked for a quick lap, and consequently a good set-up & suspension are vital.

David Coulthard (Car 14):

1st Practice Position:

8

Best Time:

1:26.678

Laps:

7

2nd Practice Position:

20

Best Time:

1:27.503

Laps:

12

Chassis Number:

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I don’t think we’re suddenly going to take a big step forward here, but we’re starting to get a better understanding of the car. Inevitably that will help with future development. I honestly don’t know where we are in the field at the moment – tomorrow will tell."

Christian Klien (Car 15):

1st Practice Position:

13

Best Time:

1:29.106

Laps:

6

2nd Practice Position:

24

Best Time:

1:27.990

Laps:

12

Chassis Number:

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I went out in the first session for just a few laps. The car felt not too bad overall, although there was some understeer. I had problems with the brake balance and, as a result, the rears kept locking up. I wasn’t able to adjust the balance from the cockpit, so that’s why I was off the pace. In the second session, after we’d made some changes to the brake balance, the car felt better."

Robert Doornbos (Car 37):

1st Practice Position:

6

Best Time:

1:26.498

Laps:

18

2nd Practice Position:

16

Best Time:

1:26.917

Laps:

27

Chassis Number:

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

"That wasn’t such a good Friday for us to be honest. Normally we have a better day, but we struggled with the set up this morning. The car was very unbalanced, so it was quite difficult to do the tyre work and the set up at the same time, but we made the best of it this morning. This afternoon we did some long runs, which were consistent and we have a clear decision on tyres for the weekend. It’s a very particular circuit to get the right set up right here, and hopefully things will improve over the weekend."

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