Fifth time during first free practice in Durban

Published on 27 January 2006 by Thorsten Hendriks

Jos Verstappen has set a fifth fastest lap time in Durban, 1.5 seconds behind fastest Indonesia. After his first outing Jos seems a bit more enthusiastic, but that is not due to the track. "No, the track is a tricky one. It's very bumpy and there are hardly any possibilities to overtake. The car is doing great. The weather is not ideal. I drove my fastest lap on a wet track. If we would compare our lap times with the others under similar circumstances we would be faster than them. My new engineer Bernard Freneix has done a good job, the car is very fast."

Despite he has only one car to his disposal Jos is far from careful. "doesn't work like that. If you have to go out and you are afraid you might damage the car, you might as well stay in the pitbox. It's just a case of going as fast as you can."

Results of the first free practice:

 1 INDONESIA      1'28.477       10    
 2 ITALY          1'28.633       16    
 3 PORTUGAL       1'28.717        5    
 4 GREAT BRITAIN  1'29.235       24    
 5 NETHERLANDS    1'29.946       15    
 6 AUSTRALIA      1'30.006       17    
 7 SOUTH AFRICA   1'30.240       22    
 8 MEXICO         1'30.264       22    
 9 BRAZIL         1'30.541       16    
10 AUSTRIA        1'30.595       11    
11 NEW ZEALAND    1'30.804       22    
12 CZECH REPUBLIC 1'31.121       15    
13 IRELAND        1'31.146       17    
14 GERMANY        1'31.155       23    
15 PAKISTAN       1'31.229       28    
16 USA            1'31.583       22    
17 SWITZERLAND    1'33.132        5    
18 MALAYSIA       1'33.157        8    
19 INDIA          1'33.609       28    
20 LEBANON        1'34.648       13    
21 CHINA          1'35.012       20    

Thorsten Hendriks