YELMER MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION IN GP2 TEST - JEREZ WITH CATERHAM TEAM AIRASIA.
28-09-2011
Jerez, Spain 28th of September - With a new driver in the car Caterham Team AirAsia made fantastic progress today finishing the afternoon session P2 with Dutch driver Yelmer Buurman. The former F1 rookie made a strong impression from the start finishing this morning P6 after a total 60 laps and a lot of good feedback for the team.
Yelmer Buurman ( Best Lap: 1:27.786 / Total laps: 60): "It's been a great day! This is the first time I have been in the new GP2 car and it was a nice introduction, the difficult part for me was to learn the new Pirelli tyres but I think we did a good job. This morning we were P6 and then P2 this afternoon so I am really happy with that. Most teams seemed to go at least half a second slower this afternoon, but we were able to maintain the same sort of times as this morning which is very positive. We have learnt a lot during the day so I am very happy!"
Phill Spencer: "Both drivers did a very good job and to finish the day with a P2 is just great! Both Yelmer and Antonio were very professional and gave good feedback so I am very pleased with how things have progressed - it has been a pleasure working with them. We hope to have another strong performance tomorrow."
Humphrey Corbett: "I am very happy with the results today. The cars are in one piece, the drivers didn't put a foot wrong. Both are very nice guys so it has been a pleasure to work with them. We tried a few different things today, Yelmer has some GP2 experience so he was able to adapt quickly. Rookie driver Antonio was getting used a more powerful car and did a good job. He couldn't get the most of his second set of tyres but it will come, it's a shame we couldn't have him for another day, but overall we have made a lot of progress and learned from today so we will use the same sort of program for tomorrow and go from there."
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