Cosworth Conclude Testing

Posted on Tuesday 02 Mar 2010

Cosworth-powered cars have totalled a cumulative 11,336km, or 2,547 laps, over the four official pre-season tests in Valencia, Jerez and Barcelona with AT&T Williams, Lotus Racing and Virgin Racing all taking to the track powered by Cosworth's CA2010 V8 engines.

Last week's four-day Barcelona test saw the culmination of the pre-season testing programme with Cosworth taking great   satisfaction   from   the   continued   reliability   and   performance   of   the   CA2010.   AT&T   Williams   driver   Nico Hulkenberg  topped  Friday's  timesheets  with  a  best  lap  of  1m20.614s,  less  than two-tenths-of-a-second  shy  of  the fastest lap of the entire Barcelona test.

After two rain-affected sessions in Jerez, all teams enjoyed better weather conditions in Barcelona, although still far from perfect, with some rain affecting running on Saturday. Cosworth is now working closely with each of its teams in
preparation   for   next   week's   Bahrain   Grand   Prix,   the   opening   round   of   the   2010   FIA   Formula   One World Championship.

General Manager of Cosworth's F1 Business Unit Mark Gallagher: "The Barcelona test brought to a satisfactory conclusion Cosworth's pre-season testing activities, our overall targets having been met with a particular emphasis on proving  the  durability  of  the  CA2010  and  developing  solid  working  relationships  with  each  of  our  customer  teams. These were pivotal weeks for us, and it is of great credit to our design, development, manufacturing, build, test and track support staff that our return to the F1 circuit has started positively. There is much work to come, of course, and busy days ahead of us as we prepare with our teams for the Bahrain Grand Prix."

AT&T Williams Technical Director Sam Michael: "Cosworth have done a great job getting the CA2010 race ready over  the  past  four  tests.  It's  been  an  intensive  schedule  for  everyone,  but  Cosworth  have  met  the  challenge and delivered everything we needed them to. We're satisfied with their development rate and the work they've done on the integration of the engine with the chassis. They've done a particularly good job with reliability as well."