Korean GP – Practice – Friday, 14.10.2011
Weather: mainly raining, 17-19°C air, 17-19°C track
For the Sauber F1 Team the first day of free practice at the Korean International Circuit was incident free, but, due to a massive lack of grip in changing weather conditions, there wasn’t much to learn either. Originally the team had planned to do further work on the new aero package which was introduced last weekend in Suzuka, but proper set-up or fine tuning was impossible as the track never dried on Friday. For Saturday dry conditions are expected, and everyone is keen to see how the track conditions will evolve then after the circuit basically hasn’t been used since the inaugural Formula One Grand Prix one year ago.
Kamui Kobayashi:
Sauber C30-Ferrari (Chassis 02 / Ferrari 056)
1st Practice: 6th / 2:03.292 min (13 laps) / 2nd Practice: 17th / 1:55.544 min (23 laps)
“There was no grip at all. The track itself has a very low grip level, and on top of that our car doesn’t make very good use of the intermediate tyres. In general I don’t mind driving in the rain, and with the full wet tyres it was no problem, but later with the intermediate tyres I was struggling a lot. It seems to take a long time for this circuit to dry out. In any case, I hope we will have dry conditions tomorrow.”
Giampaolo Dall’Ara, Head of Track Engineering:
“As the forecast predicted, it was a rainy day. However, for the remainder of the weekend we expect dry conditions, so we just did some running to do some checks on the car. We know we will have a very full programme tomorrow to do all the work necessary to find a good dry set-up.”
2011/10/14 F1韓国GP 金曜フリー走行1回目&2回目
天候:終日ほぼ雨
気温:17-19℃
路面温度:17-19℃
小林可夢偉
フリー走行1回目:6番手/2分03秒292(13周)
フリー走行2回目:17番手/1分55秒544(23周)
「まったくグリップがありませんでした。コース自体のグリップが低かったうえに、僕たちのクルマはインターミディエイトタイヤをうまく使うことができませんでした。個人的には雨で走ることはまったく気にならないし、フルウエットも全然問題ありませんでしたが、後半インターミディエイトを履いた時に手こずりました。このサーキットは路面が乾くのにとても時間がかかるようですね。ともかく明日からドライコンディションになることを願ってます」
ジャンパウロ・ダラーラ:ヘッド・オブ・トラックエンジニアリング
「天気予報どおり、雨の一日だった。しかしながら、残りの週末はドライになると期待しているので、今日はいくつかクルマのチェックをするために走っただけだった。明日はいいドライセットアップを見つけるために、フルプログラムが待っている」
By courtesy of Sauber F1 Team
Credit: Kamui Kobayashi (www.kamui-kobayashi.com)
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