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Barcelona, 8th March 2011 - The Sauber F1 Team and Sergio Perez had a busy first day of testing in Barcelona evaluating a lot of new components to the Sauber C30-Ferrari.
Circuit
Barcelona / 4.655 km
Driver
Sergio Perez (ES)
Weather
Overcast, air 11-15DEGC, track 11-21DEGC
Chassis / engine
Sauber C30-Ferrari (Chassis 03 / Ferrari 056)
Mileage today
90 laps
Fastest lap
1:24.117 (in the afternoon)
James Key (Technical Director)
"Generally it was a good day of work despite a few problems after
the lunch break. We had our start of season package on the car with a lot
of new parts for both tidying up areas on the car and improving its
performance. It is a significant aero package and it generally worked. We
spent the morning evaluating new parts and carrying out back to back
comparisons and aero measurements. In the afternoon we then worked on set
up changes to adapt to the new package and tyres. So far we have seen
reasonably positive results. Unfortunately for Sergio he had traffic on
his fastest lap towards the end of the day, but this is nothing to
complain about. Tomorrow with Kamui we will be running a similar
programme, doing basic set up work and further evaluations."
Sergio Perez:
"The morning session was quite positive with all the updates we
have here. The afternoon started over an hour late for us because of an
hydraulic leak, but in the end we managed to recover a bit. I hope Kamui
can complete the evaluation work tomorrow. On Thursday I will be
focussing on getting ready for the race in Melbourne."
What comes next
Kamui Kobayashi will be driving on Wednesday, before Sergio takes over
again for Thursday. On Friday Kamui will be on duty again.
-source: sauber
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