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Renault not worried with rival's pace
06 February 2007Renault's team chief test engineer Christian Silk has said he is not worried by McLaren and Ferrari's pace. Both team's showed impressive lap times at the test sessions.
Silk said about his competitors: "McLaren and Ferrari have both confirmed that they're quick. It's not really a big surprise! But we're a strong team too and these performances don't worry us. As I've already told you our programme was probably quite different. The out-and-out lap times during the winter are almost impossible to analyse. One is quicker at Valencia; another is in front in Barcelona. That's not what you need to focus on at this stage."
Silk furthermore believes the upcoming test in Bahrain will be very important for the team. Many teams will travel to Bahrain at the end of this month to get their cars ready for the season under hot temperatures. Speaking about the test in Bahrain Silk said: "It's certainly the most important test of the whole winter because we can run in high temperatures at last. We're in the process of putting the finishing touches to our programmes and producing the parts we need. We're working round the clock. We must be ready for the first race."
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