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Barrichello happy with Honda progress

Rubens Barrichello spent two days at the wheel of his Honda this week at Barcelona, testing the team's new aero upgrade as well as slick tyres and reported being happy with the improvements.

"We had a very busy and successful test this week," said Barrichello. "On Wednesday, I had a good day evaluating the slick tyres and we were able to make some improvements to our set-up. It was nice to finish at the top of the timesheet, although it does not have too great a significance when only half of the field were running slicks." 

"We ran our new aero upgrade for the first time and I'm encouraged by the performance," he added. "I felt a definite improvement, although the windy conditions made it difficult to quantify how much. We covered some good mileage and a lot of test items, particularly on Thursday when I completed 140 laps. Overall I have good reason to be positive for the Spanish Grand Prix and I hope that we can get into the points there."

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