(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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