Kimi Räikkönen tested the new exhaust system based upon the Coanda-effect for the first time on Friday in Korean Grand Prix -practice. Kimi wasn't completely assured about it's benefits at once.
In theory it should give half a second to the laptimes.
- It was quite a difficult day. It's not easy to get the car to fall in place. Hopefully it goes better on Saturday, Räikkönen said.
Then what about the update-side?
- We will now look at the data we collected and decide if we will continue with it or not. Maybe we expected a bit more from it than it looked like, Kimi estimated.
James Allison let understand that the update-part will be kept in the car this weekend.
- It's still far from the optimum, but we are relatively satisfied with how it worked during practice, Allison assured.
It's difficult to compare, because the feeling in the car on Yeongam track is different when compared for example tohttp://www.ts.fi/moottoriurheilu/f1/400 ... eltaSuzuka with the same machinery.
- This is a completely different track and since I haven't drove with this new system anywhere else, it's completely impossible to evaluate my feelings, Kimi emphasized.
Yeongam is the season's first completely new track for Kimi.
- It's an ok track, although it was surprisingly bumpy on some parts when thinking that it's a new track. We are pretty much the same we always are on Fridays. Hopefully we get the car better for Saturday, because now it looked like we need to get one second more. Then again others surely also improve.
– Laptimes don't matter, what matters is that we get the right impression from these practices for Saturday, Räikkönen reminded.
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HEIKKI KULTA
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