Circuito de Catalunya, Barcelona - 21st February 2012

Driver: Heikki Kovalainen

Chassis: CT01-#2

Total laps: 31

Best lap: 1.26.035

Heikki Kovalainen: “That obviously wasn’t how we wanted day one here to go, but that’s what testing is for – pushing everything to the limit to make sure we get rid of the problems before we get to the first race. It’s hard to learn a lot from limited laps, but I’m back in the car on Friday and I’m sure we’ll be able to push on with the program between now and then and make sure we get as much as we can out of the next three days on track.”

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: “We had a rear track rod failure on Heikki’s third run this morning which brought him to a halt on track. As soon as we had the car back in the garage we identified the issue and managed to fix it on site, and we have more parts coming out tonight to make sure we don’t have the same problem again. We know that this car is fundamentally reliable, so the aim for the next three days is to complete the plan for this test and put ourselves back on schedule.”

Ends

Go to www.caterhamf1.com/tv to watch our 2012 pre-season film. Shot on track in Jerez, it features Heikki Kovalainen behind the wheel of CT01 with a soundtrack provided by The Japanese Popstars. 

To download Caterham F1 Team hi-res images, rights free for editorial use, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/caterhamf1