Rookie Paul Di Resta took the wheel for Force India on day two of testing at the Valencia circuit yesterday. In an uneventful day Resta managed to complete 111 laps of the track, which will no doubt have given the team mountains of useful data in terms of the Pirelli tyres to put towards the VJM04. What was interesting was that Di Resta commented that they're "not going for times", yet he still managed to post the third fastest time of the day, finishing behind only Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. Obviously he's behind the wheel of a fully developed 2010 car, while the others are still testing out their 2011 models. But it's still interesting nonetheless. After testing yesterday, Di Resta and engineering director Dominic Harlow had this to say:Di Resta: "Another good day of testing for the team, gathering lots of information for the guys to work on. We're now understanding a lot more about the performance of the Pirellis and the differences between the compounds, particularly with regards to long and shorter runs and different fuel loads. At this stage we're not going for times, just trying to get representative data to work on. I'm feeling good and well integrated into the team. There's a really positive atmosphere, which will set us up extremely well for next week when the new car testing programme starts"
Harlow: "Today's programme was intended to compare the various tyre compounds' performance with yesterday's as the track improved. During the course of the session the circuit should have reached something approaching race conditions in terms of the laps run on it, so it's interesting data. It was a productive day and we also worked on some systems development for the VJM04. Adrian will be in the car tomorrow for the final day here."
All quotes are with kind permission of Force India F1.
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