Wednesday 4 February 2015

Curtailed running for Infiniti Red Bull Racing on the final day of of the first test in Jerez

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(Infiniti Red Bull Racing)

Infiniti Red Bull Racing endured a difficult start to the final day of the opening winter test at the Jerez circuit in Spain following an issue with the Energy Recovery System on board the RB11.

The issue with the car was rectified shortly before lunch which meant that Daniil Kvyat was able to get back out on track to continue the Milton Keynes based outfits programme for the day. This was the only unscheduled stoppage for the team today.

Kvyat finished the day in seventh place completing 64 laps with a best time of 1m 23.975s. Speaking following his second day in the RB11, the Russian commented saying:

We had an issue this morning but we managed to overcome that and we had a clean run in the afternoon, so I’m really happy to have got a lot of laps under my belt today. All in all, I think it was a very productive day, with a lot of positives. I think we know where we are and where we want to be for the next test in Barcelona. We’ve made good progress this week and hopefully there’s more to come.”

Infiniti Red Bull Racing completed 165 laps over the course of the four day test in Jerez. Speaking at the conclusion of the opening test Head of Race Engineering Guillaume Rocquelin stated:

A slightly frustrating morning for us, with an ERS problem. It cost us a few hours, but to be honest the track was a bit greasy again this morning so we probably didn’t lose too much meaningful running. Once we’d sorted the issue the car ran perfectly all afternoon and we were able to get through the key elements of the programme we had mapped out.

This week has all been about establishing reliability and while we’ve had a few niggles the car is pretty much where we want it to be. We focused on medium and long runs all week and Dany was able to do more of that work this afternoon. We did lose track time over the four days and that’s always frustrating, as you inevitably have to scratch some things off the ‘to do’ list, but the major items were covered so I would say we’re leaving Jerez in pretty decent shape.


© Ben Johnston 2015

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