Pedro de la Rosa, 12th: Generally the car feels better than in Bahrain, which is good news. Of course more running would have helped to improve the set-up, but I can’t complain as I had some dry running.
Kamui Kobayashi, 13th: In the first session I came too close to that cone and hit it, and then I could not do any more running after I lost the new front wing. Of course I would have liked to do more laps, but the rain in the second session did not help. However, I still got a good feeling for the track. We will now concentrate and work on improving the car, the main problem is an overall lack of grip.
Willy Rampf, technical director: In the first practice we lost time on Kamui’s car due to a broken front wing mounting. This resulted from damage earlier to the wing. Pedro was hindered by a clutch control problem in the first free practice and also lost some time.
In FP1 we tested a new rear wing. However, there was not enough time to collect sufficient data, therefore we decided to go back to the previous version and concentrate on working on the set-up of the car.
Due to the mixed weather conditions in the second session we were not able to complete our programme. However, I think we found a baseline for tomorrow.
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