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Final day for Honda's Young Drivers
By Honda Racing F1
December 7 2007
Rubens Barrichello continued the Honda Racing F1 Team’s test programme in Jerez yesterday for the third day of this week’s four-day test session. The weather conditions in Jerez remained mild and sunny although with a stronger wind than on the previous two days of the test.

Rubens spent the morning working on the further tuning of the 2008 electronics control systems alongside brake development work. In the afternoon, he had the opportunity to try out the 2009 slick tyres provided by Bridgestone for the first time at this test. Rubens worked through a programme helping the team to investigate the performance and characteristics of the slick tyres. Rubens completed a total of 88 laps.

On the final day for the Honda Young Driver Programme this week, 22 year old Italian Luca Filippi had his opportunity in the car. Luca followed a similar programme to Mike Conway and Andi Zuber over the previous two days and spent the morning acclimatising to the car and the set-up. In the afternoon session Luca completed a series of long runs, followed by a lower fuel performance evaluation. Unfortunately a series of circuit red flags in the last hour of running hindered the running and prevented Luca from completing a final new tyre run. Luca covered 85 laps over the day.

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