Tonio Liuzzi continued Force India’s testing programme today at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain. Tonio put the VJM03 through its paces on its second official test day, completing 80 laps with a best time of 1:20.754. In contrast to yesterday’s rain-lashed session the weather remained clear and dry throughout, allowing the team to gather vital systems data. The morning’s programme concentrated on aero development while the afternoon’s running included comparison runs of the new Bridgestone tyre compounds available this year.

Tonio said: “I think that we can be pretty happy about today. We covered a lot of laps and a lot of the test items we wanted to. For sure we still have to look into a few more areas but overall the car is responding well and reacts to all the changes. We tested different settings and different conditions and overall it was always positive, so I have to say we can be really satisfied about how it’s going. The team did a good job and now we have to keep pushing for the next days of testing as we still have to extrapolate the best out of the car.”

Adrian will take over for the second part of the test tomorrow and will conclude running on Saturday. Tonio will be in action again on 18 February.