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Barrichello to get to grips with V10 Honda first

Rubens Barrichello is prevented from driving the Honda car until 1 January 2006 but then he will first have to get to grips with the car's V10 engine in a development version of the 2005 car before he will be let into the 2006 V8 car.

"We'll continue to run the V10s with our younger drivers and initially Rubens will drive our V10 car so he gets some sense of the status of the team," team principal Nick Fry said. "After that, though, all the focus will be on the V8. On the technical front there's clearly a huge amount to be done to ensure the new engine is both powerful and reliable - that's going to take a huge amount of effort between now and the beginning of next season."

"From a pure car perspective, because the V8 is a bit smaller, it helps the aerodynamics a little bit but, other than that, it's very much business as usual," he added. "From the fans point of view, the V8s do make a slightly different noise but they still sound like proper racing cars! They'll be a little bit slower but, frankly, I don't think anyone will notice a huge difference - the engines are still going to produce in excess of 700bhp. While the cars may not be quite as brutally fast, hopefully we're going to have some very good racing."

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