A1 Teams hit the track
Despite torrential rain hampering much of the day, teams put significant first runs in the cars that they will use for the 2008/09 season.
Fairuz Fauzy ended the day quickest for A1 Team Malaysia, posting a lap time of 1m 35.250s.
A1 Team Netherlands’ distinctive orange car was piloted by last season’s racer Jeroen Bleekemolen, with John Martin driving for A1 Team Australia, and Edoardo Piscopo shaking down the Italian charger.
The A1GP test car, which has now completed 7,446-kilometres testing, was also out on track with Thomas Biagi at the wheel.
A1 Team South Africa’s Adrian Zaugg, a double A1GP race winner last season, loved the car. “I was quite impressed with the car, especially considering the conditions," he said. “There was so much grip with the car, especially under braking. The car cornered well in both slow and high speed corners. It is a really good car, and had really good grip for the wet conditions.
“It was quite difficult to compare the new car with the old car, because it was wet today. But the Michelin tires were fantastic. Even on the racing line, which in the wet you can normally not find much grip, the tires meant there was grip there."
There will be a further day’s testing this week at the track on Thursday, before more testing at Snetterton later this month.
