"Overall I have had a good couple of days testing for my new team, he said. It has been very enjoyable start to my relationship with
Honda and I think I have worked well with the engineers and mechanics. After I had acclimatised to the car and started to understand the way the team operates, I was able to get down to some proper testing, generating some real data and feedback for the team to work with. Working with a new car, a new team and new tyres for the first time is always going to be a challenge but I am pretty happy with my performance here taking into account all those factors. I'm looking forward to Jerez where I am scheduled to run for two days."
Klien's former team
Red Bull Racing concluded its test, which focused mainly on learning about the
Bridgestone tyres, with
David Coulthard joined on track by GP2 racer Michael Ammermuller. DC ended the day with the eleventh quickest time after completing 85 laps while Ammermuller was 17th after taking over from
Mark Webber in the second car
"We've had a productive three days, collecting a lot of data, beginning to get an understanding of the Bridgestones and they are certainly very different to what we had been running," chief test engineer, Ian Morgan said. "David's programme ran very smoothly throughout and today, as Mark had other commitments, Michael Ammermuller took his place and actually managed to get through more work than we had expected. Next week, we move to
Jerez, where tyre work will again be the main priority when we start running on Wednesday, this time with a softer compound to assess."
Like Schumacher in the sister car,
Jarno Trulli worked through a varied programme on his return to the cockpit, although a number of changes made to the car during the day meant he completed 20 laps less than his team-mate. Although Bridgestone tyres were on the
Toyota throughout the year, the test gave team chance to evaluate them against the tyres used during 2006 and Trulli admitted they did differ noticeably.
