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Force India Barcelona test II - Day 2 report

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Published: Mar 2, 2012, 6:23 PM

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Nico Hulkenberg, Sahara Force India Formula One Team

Sahara Force India completed a second day of work in Barcelona as Nico Hulkenberg got behind the wheel of the VJM05.

Nico Hulkenberg, Sahara Force India Formula One Team

Nico Hulkenberg, Sahara Force India Formula One Team

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Nico Hulkenberg:

“The day started well with some set-up work and new tyres runs, but we had some downtime in the afternoon, which limited my mileage. It’s a bit frustrating, but we’ve had a pretty good winter so far and it’s nothing to worry about. I’ve got one more day in the car before we travel to Melbourne, so I will try to make the most of it and carry out a full race simulation.”

Jakob Andreasen, Chief Engineer

“It hasn’t been the most straightforward day as we lost most of the afternoon session with a driveline issue. The plan had been to attempt a race distance, so we will need to reschedule this for tomorrow when Paul is back in the car. Fortunately we had a productive morning when Nico carried out some new tyre appraisals of the hard and medium compounds, and we also ran through our race weekend procedures.”

Day Two Stats

Driver: Nico Hulkenberg
Chassis: VJM05-03
Laps: 36
Mileage: 168 km
Fastest lap: 1:23.893

Barcelona testing schedule

3 March - Paul Di Resta
4 March - Nico Hulkenberg

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