BMW Sauber boosts past Ferrari in the F1 trial runs
The BMW Sauber test driver Christian Klien was faster than Ferrari Driver Kimi Raikkonen as car testing resumed in Bahrain after the weekend. Fornula One Team Ferrari, Toyota and BMW continued their Formula One 2009 season preparations in virtually perfect conditions, with Christian Klien being the fastest Formula One Driver with 1:32.544 than handing over the baggage to grand prix driver Nick Heidfeld.
“Today was a very productive day,” Christian Klien said in completed 131 laps “We collected a lot of data and I even did a long run at the end of the session. Again we didn’t have a single technical problem, which is very encouraging.”
Team BMW Sauber concentrated on the mechanical statistics and aero set up of the Formula 1 car, team BMW Sauber also tried out different tire compounds and similar to most of the Formula One teams have finished with several start simulations.
Kimi Raikkonen of Team Ferrari set a best lap time of 1:32.804 after spending time on the track for 116 laps and assessing set up configurations and the Bridgestone tire types for all situations.
Jarno Trulli of team Toyota tested the new Formula One Toyota TF109 then recording a top lap time of 1:33.064. After Jarno Trulli finished 141 laps while also testing set ups for mechanical and aerodynamic tunings along with tire comparisons.
“We made it through way more than two race distances today – in fact I think this is my personal best for mileage at a test day,” Jarno Trulli said “So I’d say this was a positive and productive day. We made good progress and we were consistently competitive all day long. This has been a good start to our second week here.”
Testing of the Formula One cars at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir was suspended last week by sandstorms. With the recent results may it be viable that Ferrari has now stepped down a notch in the Formula One Championship race or are simply now pushing it hard yet.
Formula One Monday testing times
1. Christian Klien – BMW Sauber 1:32.544 – 131 Laps
2. Kimi Raikkonen – Ferrari 1:32.804 – 116 Laps
3. Jarno Trulli – Toyota 1:33.064 – 141 Laps
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