BMW Sauber F1 Team - Spanish Grand Prix - Practice

Spanish Grand Prix - Practice, Friday - 11.05.07 Weather: Sunny and
dry, 24-25°C Air, 32-47°C Track The first practice day for the
Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona was trouble free but very busy for the
BMW Sauber F1 Team. Both Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica tried a new
front wing for the very first time, while they also completed the usual
race preparation. Robert Kubica: BMW Sauber F1.07-07/BMW P86/7 1st
Practice: 4, 1.22.446 min/2nd Practice: 11, 1.22.710 min "We found
different conditions to when we were testing here last week. The car's
balance is quite different, and we were struggling a bit with rear axle
oversteer and it is snappy. We have to analyse everything and find the
right balance for tomorrow. We just put the new front wing on this
morning for the first time, and also checked it again in the last run
of the second free practice. It is a bit better but we need to run it
more." Nick Heidfeld: BMW Sauber F1.07-05/BMW P86/7 1st
Practice: 12, 1.23,170 min/2nd Practice: 8, 1.22.543 min "For me it
was important to drive in both sessions today. We have been testing
here, but I wasn't able to compare the two tyre specs because the second
of my two test days was very wet. Our preparation work looks good and
also the new front wing seems to work alright. I think our position
today doesn't reflect how competitive we are. The new section of the
track changes every lap because the tarmac is so new. That makes it a
little bit more difficult for driving on now, but I'm happy with the
circuit's modification as it makes it safer." Willy Rampf
(Technical Director): "We have only been focussing on race
preparation today. Although we tested here last week, there is still a
lot of set up work to do. We managed to complete our scheduled
programme and also collected enough data for the tyre comparison. On
top of that we were running a new front wing today, which we have not
tested before. Of course we now have to look at the data, but the
drivers' response was positive." Footage available from
www.thenewsmarket.com or at ICN (David Beck, dbeck@icnsport.com),
Photos available to download from https://newsroom.bmwgroup.com/global/en