“Thursday was a very useful day,” the Briton underlined, “as we completed our preparations for Monaco. The afternoon session was particularly productive, as we made some changes to the car which gave positive results. Unfortunately today has not proved to be as successful, due to the rain showers which limited our running to a few dry laps this morning.”
“We had a very good test day on Wednesday,” added Wurz, “running the aerodynamic package for Monaco on the RA108. We had an ambitious programme to complete over the day, which included an aero evaluation plus mechanical set-up and driveability work. I am pleased that we were able to successfully complete the full schedule over 142 laps.”
“The test at the Paul Ricard facility in the south of France is a traditional one ahead of Monaco and Montreal,” summed up
Honda's head of race and test engineering Steve Clark. “The track has different choices of layout, which allowed the teams to choose the two configurations best-suited to our preparations for these races.
“Even so, the short, twisty circuit used on Wednesday and Thursday does not really compare to the unique streets of Monaco. However, it does give the opportunity to test new bodywork components for what is the highest-downforce circuit so far this season. This went well on the first two days, with Alex having some good results with the aero and Jenson making set-up progress and developing the braking package.
“Unfortunately we had very little dry running today on the longer version of the circuit. On a positive note, our reliability and productivity remain very good, with Alex and Jenson completing over 1,000km and 300 laps of the short circuit on the first two days.”
Williams test driver Nico Hülkenberg rounded out the runners in eleventh place, getting through 35 laps for the Grove-based concern.
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