Today it was David Coulthard’s turn to sample the delights of the short version of the Le Castellet track, as Red Bull Racing continues its preparation for rounds six and seven of the Formula One World Championship, in Monaco and Montreal.
David ended up fourth fastest today, despite being slightly delayed by a couple of technical problems and some rain showers around lunchtime.
The programme included testing some new aerodynamic components as well as trying different mechanical set ups, using some new items on the car. Overall, the team is reasonably confident that it heads for Monaco in good shape after these past two days testing.
Tomorrow, its time to rip the wings off RB4 and set off for some low downforce work on a version of the Ricard track that features long Montreal- style straights. Sebastien Buemi is on driving duty.
Another, there are tiny blades present just above the front wishbones that weren't there in Turkey or before:
And also the new front wing bridge that we saw yesterday.
Thanks mate, I like the fact that most of our changes are subtle and not a fundamental change in direction. Hopefully this shows that Newey's RB4 was a solid initial concept providing a good development platform for the year ahead. Thanks for the pics!
Yeah, it seems like as a base, it is a very good car, we need to develop it well, and that seems to be happening, fingers crossed. On to low downforce today for Montreal prep!
This is what I was saying last week before Turkey - we now have a solid base. The team can now focus on speed and I am very happy with the speed of new parts coming for the car. I am not saying we will catch the top 3 but I think we can draw further away from the middle pack (Renault may come with us). I also think we are closing the gap on the top 3. I have been watching the gaps in quali and race times etc and we certainly are closer than we use to be.
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