Robert Doornbos is in Barcelona this weekend to be Red Bull's official reserve driver.
The Champ Car racer and Dutchman is filling in for regular reserve Michael Ammermuller, who is sitting out the Spanish round with a wrist injury.
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Another warm and dry day will grace the Circuit de Catalunya for qualifying on Saturday. The chance of rain is zero per cent, despite the presence of some cloud.
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Red Bull Racing is debuting its seamless shift gearbox this weekend.
"It ran over 1000 kilometres last week in testing, so we are reasonably confident from a reliability point of view that there won't be any issues with it," said team boss Christian Horner.
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BMW-Sauber's Mario Theissen has played down rumours linking Ralf Schumacher with a move to the team in 2008.
"That is pure speculation," the German squad's team principal said in Barcelona, insisting that he is happy with the current lineup of Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica and test drivers Sebastian Vettel and Timo Glock.
Theissen added: "We have four drivers on board and no plans at present to add anyone else."
Red Bull's head of aerodynamics Ben Agathangelou elected to leave the team following a demotion during a recent technical reshuffle led by Adrian Newey.
The 35-year-old started out in formula one at McLaren in 1994, and also worked for Honda, Tyrrell, Benetton and Jaguar.
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Jenson Button has warned Honda's followers to not expect the Japanese team to leap up the grid in Spain.
"It feels better," the Briton said of the RA107's handling, "but it doesn't look a lot better on the time."
Button added in Barcelona: "We've just got to grin and bear it for the next few races because the team is concentrating a bit more on the longer term."
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Jarno Trulli says Toyota is not going to introduce a 'B-spec' version of its 2007 car later this season.
"We would much rather concentrate on the steady development of our present TF107," he told F1's official website.
Written: Sat, 12 May 2007 10:28:17
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