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Racing Engineering upbeat after first test

There were some very satisfying results for Racing Engineering on the two first test days of the 2008 GP2 series. The maiden outing of the new Dallara GP2 car that will be run by the teams competing in the F1 feeder series finished with the two drivers from the Spanish team, Giorgio Pantano and Javier Villa, setting the fourth and fifth fastest times overall at the end of the two days. 

Giorgio Pantano commented, "It has been very good; I found the car very nice, very good. We worked quite well, we understand quite a lot of the pieces, I think we are on a good direction with the base balance of the car and position four is not bad but if I didn't make my mistake it would have been position one. Anyway I have enjoyed the test and I would like to say thank you to everyone, the mechanics and all the team for the job they've done in these two days and I'm looking forward to Barcelona." 

Javier Villa added, "Everything went pretty well for the first contact and after some time without driving whilst the others drivers have been running. I think we have been working very well in the winter and I feel really comfortable with the new car especially from yesterday to today, my confidence was growing and realising that I could be up there. This morning we had some small problems with the engine so that we couldn't run a lot but I think this afternoon the most important thing for us was to get on well with the car and feel comfortable with it and I think we did that although the morning lap times were difficult to reach in the afternoon, but still they were quite good. Right now we have to keep on working for Barcelona and again at Paul Ricard in order to get as much data as possible."

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