Silverstone: Day Two of the Young Drivers\u2019 Test saw Infiniti Red Bull Racing split its workload in two, with Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa at the wheel of the RB9 in the morning and Daniel Ricciardo taking over in the afternoon for testing of Pirelli\u2019s new specification tyres.
Ant\u00f3nio picked up where he left off yesterday and though he managed just 19 laps, the Portuguese driver was pleased with his day and half\u2019s work with the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo drive the car for half of the three days of testing has been a fantastic opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good sign that the team believes I can carry such a heavy workload and get the job done. To be working with a world championship-winning team is the best learning experience you could have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taking over in the afternoon, Daniel set about testing Pirelli\u2019s tyres and working through the manufacturer\u2019s programme.
\u201cIt was good today but very busy, so it\u2019s still a bit of a blur,\u201d he said. \u201cI did quite a few laps this afternoon, so I\u2019m happy with that. I had a small off but otherwise it was a trouble-free day. The off was my mistake, I just lost the rear on the entry. It was a good opportunity to get behind the wheel and experience two different beasts today. In terms of the inevitable speculation, I think this test is something for Red Bull to look at, but there\u2019s still the rest of the season with Toro Rosso to do, so I\u2019ll switch my focus back to that and won\u2019t get too caught up in any rumours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Commenting on the day\u2019s running Race Engineering Co-ordinator Andy Damerum said: \u201cThe morning was a bit frustrating as we were late going out. We discovered a problem with the car last night and that set us back. Despite that we did get some good data and Ant\u00f3nio was excellent throughout. As for the afternoon, Daniel had only about 45 minutes to swap over from his morning tyre test to driving our car, a completely different machine, but he was up to speed very quickly. As ever his feedback was exemplary and he gave us a lot of information to go through.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Silverstone: Day Two of the Young Drivers\u2019 Test saw Infiniti Red Bull Racing split its workload in two, with Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa at the wheel of the RB9 in the morning and Daniel Ricciardo taking over in the afternoon for testing of Pirelli\u2019s new specification tyres.
Ant\u00f3nio picked up where he left off yesterday and though he managed just 19 laps, the Portuguese driver was pleased with his day and half\u2019s work with the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo drive the car for half of the three days of testing has been a fantastic opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good sign that the team believes I can carry such a heavy workload and get the job done. To be working with a world championship-winning team is the best learning experience you could have.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n