The RA107 has been a solid, but un-starry performer so far in testing, although over race-distance, the car isn’t too far off the pace. Nick Fry has told reporters that they are expecting to be about half a second down on the front runners on each lap.
“There’s certainly more to come,” Fry insisted. “We have taken a bigger step in the longer runs that give us more potential for improvements, but in the shorter runs, it’s a bit more difficult to setup. In terms of last week, one-lap times were a big problem, but long-run times, you are probably right – we are probably half a second at least from where we should be.”