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Honda claims 'small step forward'

After a four-week break following the flyaway races, the Formula One teams return to Europe and look forward to the challenge of the more traditional circuits on the calendar. The Circuit de Catalunya is familiar to the Honda team as a regular testing venue and hosted a four-day test this week as the Honda team prepared for the event. 

"In preparation for the Spanish Grand Prix, we have had the test session in Barcelona
this week to evaluate various specifications, particularly the latest aerodynamic parts
for the RA107," explaine technical chief Shuhei Nakamoto. "We had gathered a great deal of data and believe that we have found a good set-up combination and made progress with the aerodynamics. The car seems to be working better with the tyres now and our pace and reliability is steady. So a small step forward but there is much work still to do."

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