Red Bull Racing's good feeling is still there after the second day of testing in Bahrain. Speaking to GPblog, Helmut Marko revealed that Liam Lawson's day was not ideal, but it was also a different programme for the Austrian team.
''We were a bit handicapped by the rain, so we could not do all our programmes. Other than that, it was a normal day of testing. We went through several programmes,'' Marko began after the second day in Bahrain.
A problem with the water pressure caused Lawson to be sidelined for some time in the morning. Not ideal and it cost the young Red Bull driver some 40 minutes, Marko said. The New Zealander thus missed out on testing time, time that he in particular could put to good use. With only 11 Grands Prix to his name and a race weekend debut for Red Bull Racing imminent, Lawson can put all the mileage to good use.
Besides the problems with the water pressure, Lawson was also unlucky in that respect with the rain. That caused Lawson to be out of action for an hour in the morning. So all in all, almost two hours lost out of a total of 12 hours of testing for Lawson.
Why Marko is still positive
''Yes, it would have been better without these problems, but we did what we could do and basically, we are in line,'' Marko stated. On Wednesday, Marko was very positive about Red Bull Racing's performance, that feeling also prevailed on Thursday despite a lesser day. Indeed, according to Marko, Lawson was working on another programme anyway, and not performance runs.
''So I think tomorrow (Friday), it's important. All the experience we had today (Thursday) will go into the programme.''
On Wednesday, Marko still thought Ferrari was somewhat disappointing in terms of performance, but on day two Ferrari was much better. Marko saw that too, although he did comment on Ferrari's performance.
''They looked just very competitive today, but Max wasn't driving, for example. And as I said, we had this problem with a cooler. We lost a lot of time,'' the Austrian concluded to a question from GPblog.
