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Di Grassi enjoyed Honda opportunity

The Honda Formula 1 team is evaluating its drivers for 2009 this week in Barcelona. The team sees Brazilians Lucas di Grassi and Bruno Senna behind the wheel of the team's RA108. On Tuesday Di Grassi completed his work for the team.

After an installation run, Di Grassi completed a back-to-back balance evaluation on used slick tyres from Button's programme before the team fitted new tyres for his final run of the morning. In the afternoon session, Di Grassi was able to use two further sets of new tyres as he worked though a chassis set-up programme.

Speaking about his two days of testing at Honda Di Grassi said: "I completed 110 laps today so I have had a really productive day and I am very pleased. I ran for the first time properly with new tyres and the difference was massive compared to the used tyres from yesterday. With each new tyre run I was getting faster and faster. The slick tyre has much more grip and compared with the grooved tyre is easier to drive and more consistent over a run. I was very pleased with the performance of the car, the way the day developed and ultimately my lap time. I ended the day 0.5s from Jenson's time and getting as close to him as possible was my target.

"I don't think the day could have gone much better. I felt like I gave everything I could to the day. Finally I would just like to thank Honda for giving me this experience and I hope they are happy with my performance today."

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