Giedo van der Garde: "I think we've had a pretty good day. We've completed a lot of laps on all the tyres except the full wets and run through the whole program. In FP1 it was the normal runplan, focusing on the hard prime tyres and starting to understand deg levels on those - our pace on that compound and the wear rates were both encouraging, but we'll have to work a bit more on getting them up to temperature efficiently and then keeping them in that first phase of degradation as long as possible.
"In FP2 we did a couple of short and long runs on the primes and one on the medium tyre, as well as a stint on the inters when the rain started. It wasn't the intense rain we had on track yesterday but it was still enough to mean we needed to run the inters and with rain possible in quali and in the race that's more good data for us. It's also good for me to get as many laps as possible done on the intermediates - it's all part of the learning process and with full running in both FP1 and FP2 today, compared to Melbourne, we're in a better position for tomorrow and Sunday than we were last weekend."
FP1
1001 - 1004: Run 1, installation lap, 1 lap (hard tyres)
Changes: front / rear brake duct blanking
1041 - 1053: Run 2, 6 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: front / rear brake duct blanking, front toe-in
1115 - 1134: Run 3, 10 laps (hard tyres)
FP2
1400 - 1411: Run 1, installation lap, 7 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle
1415 - 1434: Run 2, 9 laps (medium tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle, brake balance, front / rear brake duct blanking
1438 - 1449 Run 3, 4 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: brake balance
1508 - 1520: Run 4, 7 laps (intermediate tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle
1523 - 1533: Run 5, 5 laps (hard tyres)
Caterham
Circuito Permanente de Jerez – February 5 - Giedo: 1:21.915 - 64 laps
