Third practice; Team Netherlands 2nd

Published on 28 January 2006 by Thorsten Hendriks

Jos Verstappen set a second fastest lap time in today's free practice, just behind Ireland's Ralph Firman. Again a lot of red flag situations on Durban's streetcircuit. "It's code red all over" according to Huub Rothengatter. "The weather is fine and the conditions have improved dramatically since yesterday."

Jos is very happy with today's progress. "Yesterday went well but today went even better. My new engineer is doing a great job. He had a go at the suspension, springs and dampers; the car feels good. Firman is very fast, he managed to go that bit faster than me to take fastest time. The grip is getter better so I think we can go faster. We just need some luck this afternoon. I don't hope those code red situations are going to be a determining factor."

1  IRELAND        1'19.535   22    
2  NETHERLANDS    1'19.814   24    
3  SWITZERLAND    1'19.957   22    
4  FRANCE         1'20.132   20    
5  GREAT BRITAIN  1'20.306   21    
6  CZECH REPUBLIC 1'20.472   22    
7  PORTUGAL       1'20.572   14    
8  CANADA         1'20.612   22    
9  USA            1'20.712   22    
10 ITALY          1'20.889   21    
11 SOUTH AFRICA   1'20.981   21    
12 GERMANY        1'21.054   22    
13 NEW ZEALAND    1'21.078   22    
14 MALAYSIA       1'21.185   15    
15 BRAZIL         1'21.235   22    
16 MEXICO         1'21.408   21    
17 INDONESIA      1'21.593   17    
18 PAKISTAN       1'22.135   17    
19 LEBANON        1'22.138   17    
20 AUSTRALIA      1'22.570    3    
21 AUSTRIA        1'22.834   20    
22 CHINA          1'23.262   21    
23 INDIA          1'24.494   20    

Thorsten Hendriks