After a two week break following the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Honda Racing F1 Team returned to the track this week at the Circuit de Catalunya just outside of Barcelona, the home of the Spanish Grand Prix.
With the start of the European season just one week away, the programme for the four-day test focused on preparation for the Spanish Grand Prix, along with an evaluation of new aerodynamic configurations. The team ran one RA107 car this week with Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button and Christian Klien sharing the driving responsibilities.
Rubens began the test on Monday with an intensive aero programme over long runs, followed by a tyre evaluation with the options for the Spanish Grand Prix, completing 132 laps. Heavy rain hit the circuit overnight and continued into Tuesday which limited Rubens to a single installation lap during the morning. The rain eased slightly by early afternoon and Rubens was able to continue his aero work on both the extreme wet and wet tyres, completing 44 laps over the day.
More typical sunny conditions returned for Wednesday as Jenson joined the team in Barcelona. He spent the day completing a series of aero evaluations and also working on the race set-up of the car, covering 115 laps.
Christian completed the final day of running on Thursday. He spent the morning working on general car set-up followed by running various aero configurations before a rain shower interrupted the programme. The afternoon was also rain-affected. Christian was able to complete a short wet programme for a total of 80 laps today before a heavy downpour brought the day to an early conclusion.
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