(GMM) BAR-Honda test driver Alan van der Merwe clocked an average speed of 415kmh at Mojave airport in California last Friday.
Although unofficial, the F1 speed record attempt - moved from the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah due to heavy rain - proved the team's claim that 400kmh could be cleared by an aerodynamically-tweaked grand prix car.
Friday's runs up and down a runway were billed as a 'shakedown' of parts ahead of a May or June 2006 return to Bonneville for an official effort.
''It was an encouraging day,'' said BAR's deputy technical director Gary Savage, ''and we are confident that we can achieve this speed ... at Bonneville.
''(But) we know that its salt surface is a much more difficult proposition.''
Written: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:33:57
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