"The car ran well and it has been very useful to evaluate downforce levels and work out what level to use in the race," explained STR chief engineer, Laurent Mekies. "In the afternoon, Scott embarked on a simulated race distance, including 'live' pit stop with full fuel rig use. Considering that we have several new guys on the team, who have not worked together before, the pit stop went well. Unfortunately, Scott was unable to complete the race distance as the session was red flagged when another car stopped on track. We are using the RB1 here because there was no time to get the STR 1 here after its inaugural test in
Jerez last week. STR 1 will be testing again in Imola next week."
Testing now continues on Tuesday, when Vitantonio Luizzi will take over from Speed, while at
Honda race drivers,
Jenson Button and
Rubens Barrichello join proceedings.
Ferrari will stick with Badoer and Massa, as unlike Honda and
STR, they will run for nine-days here, while the other two are scheduled to run for four-days.
The other main test this week will take place at Valencia - that test begins on Tuesday, with
McLaren,
Williams,
Renault,
Red Bull Racing and Midland M
F1 Racing in action.
Toyota will test by themselves at Vallelunga, while
BMW Sauber will run solo at Barcelona.
Leading times (13 February) - Bahrain:
Luca Badoer Ferrari-Ferrari
1m 32.297s 77 laps B
Anthony Davidson Honda-Honda
1m 32.571s 114 laps M *
James Rossiter Honda-Honda
1m 32.864s 68 laps M *
Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari
1m 32.952s 51 laps B *
Scott Speed STR-Cosworth
1m 34.280s 82 laps M
[M denotes Michelin tyres / B denotes Bridgestone tyres / * denotes 2006 car.]
Track conditions / weather: Dry / partially cloudy.
All times unofficial.
Comparative lap times:
Bahrain GP 2005:
Fastest lap: Pedro de la Rosa
McLaren-Mercedes 1min 31.447secs
