Successful test for Doornbos
At the sunny circuit of Paul Ricard, Robert Doornbos enjoyed a successful test with Jordan Grand Prix on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. The 23-year old Dutchman drove 80 laps in total over the two days at the Mediteranean circuit in which he ...
At the sunny circuit of Paul Ricard, Robert Doornbos enjoyed a successful test with Jordan Grand Prix on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. The 23-year old Dutchman drove 80 laps in total over the two days at the Mediteranean circuit in which he tested many improvements on the EJ15 with a view to the upcoming German and Hungarian Grand Prix.
After Doornbos took over the steering wheel of Narain Karthikeyan on Thursday afternoon, the 2004 F3000 graduate tested some adjustments to the Toyota engine settings as well as the improved suspension at the short variant of the High Tech Test Track.
On Friday morning, Doornbos succesfully tried out several weight transfers in the car which now allows him to drive somewhat more agressively while braking into the corners. Next to this, the Italian based Dutchman also tested some different Traction Control settings.
In order to support the development programme of Bridgestone, Doornbos mainly drove longruns together with Michael Schumacher and Marc Gene. On Friday both Jordan Grand Prix and Ferrari used the longest possible variant of the Paul Ricard track. After Doornbos completed his programme around 12:00 hours, Tiago Monteiro took over the steering wheel from Doornbos again to finish Jordan Grand Prix testsession this week.
Robert Doornbos:
"I am happy with the work we have done here today and yesterday. I made some good mileage over these two days in which we could successfully try out some new parts and ideas. I've enjoyed the circuit a lot as it offers so many different variants. I hope that the team, Toyota and Bridgestone can translate yesterday's and today's information in any further improvements for the upcoming Grand Prix!"
-www.robertdoornbos.com-
Share Or Save This Story
Gené joins Motorsport Network as Spanish market contributor
Gene makes way for Shulzhitskiy in Nissan Le Mans line-up
Harry Tincknell: Nissan's LMP1 is going to surprise people
Lewis Hamilton warned, Ferrari fined for Bahrain GP impeding
Lewis Hamilton hands Ferrari F1 boss Fred Vasseur strongest show of support yet
The problem with Ferrari’s endless team principal speculation
F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia: Saturday schedule, weather forecast and how to watch
Turner Motorsport chases unprecedented North American sports car title trifecta
WRC Sardinia: Thierry Neuville snatches lead from Adrien Fourmaux as Hyundai remains on top
Winward faces Petit Le Mans challenge in bid for IMSA GTD three-peat
What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 Bahrain GP in Malaysia
The hidden F1 performance differentiator nobody is talking about in 2026
As Mercedes looks to deal F1 2026 knockout blow, will its driver fight reignite?
Top 10 F1 results changed by backmarkers – the passes
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments