Caterham, Kovalainen: “Better car than Bahrain”

Work on Friday on the new package for Caterham which, as in the last grand prix, ran in the morning Kovalainen in place of Peak.

“It was a pretty good session even though we lost some time due to a mechanical failure,” he said Heikki, 16th – With the updates the car immediately seemed better than the one in Bahrain, in particular I noticed a greater balance in the corners, which makes it easier to push. Unfortunately the rain didn't allow me to get an idea of ​​the real profit with the new products. I'm confident in the next few days when the weather will be more favourable."

“At the beginning I suffered from understeer in the low and medium speed corners, so we had to intervene to try to balance the car better – the thought of Charles, 21st – We haven't had any problems with the tyres, but we still need to understand how to get them up to temperature as quickly as possible to make the most of them. Tonight we will work on finding the right balance between set-up and new parts."

“Due to the weather we weren't able to complete many laps, but all in all I'm happy with the sensations I felt,” he said Giedo Van der Garde, 17th and 19th – Not having KERS we were missing about three tenths in terms of performance, but the objective was to collect data. The balance with the medium tires was good both in the short and long runs; we showed that we have a good pace with this compound, while with the harder ones there is still something to do, particularly when entering corners. In FP3 we will have to focus on the set-up to be in shape for the race."

Chiara Rainis