By nGO
December 9 2006

Anthony Davidson completes 252 laps over 3 days, providing data on tires and setup. Takuma Sato will step into the interim car next week.

On the final day Anthony Davidson completed 87 laps setting a best lap time of 1:20.542 on a wet track.

Anthony happy with the test, “This has been another positive week for the team. Jerez is a circuit I know very well and so I was able to get of a better feel for the 2007 Bridgestone Potenza tyres this week than I did in Barcelona. We made improvements to the car all week and ended with a good balance at the end of day three so I am happy with our progress.”

Gérry Hughes (Head of research and Development) rues the bad weather, “Anthony has completed a comprehensive chassis programme this week and a total of 252 laps, in what at times have been difficult weather conditions. The week's test programme has been structured wholly around learning more about the 2007 Bridgestone Potenza tyres and the experience gained will be put to good effect when Takuma Sato joins the SAF1 team in Jerez next week for his first F1 test since the Brazilian Grand Prix in October.”