Pain in Spain goes mainly down the drain, explains Permane
Racing Bulls team boss Alan Permane expressed satisfaction with the team's performance during Friday practice at the Spanish Grand Prix. Despite a crash by driver Arvid Lindblad, the team remains optimistic about their qualifying potential.
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Racing Bulls boss Alan Permane hailed his team's Friday efforts at the Spanish Grand Prix as an "excellent day", despite Arvid Lindblad's Turn 13 crash in FP2 bringing an early end to his running.
The VCARB 03 has already been lauded for its accessible handling properties, to the point where the car has generally shown strong compliance over kerbs and bumps - an ideal trait for the Madring, where kerb-riding in the first sector has been viewed as a potential source of lap time.
Indeed, Lindblad demonstrated good pace in that sector during the early qualifying simulations in FP2, but ended up losing the rear on the run out of La Monumental and slid sideways into the Turn 13 wall.
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