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Rookie Heikki Kovalainen escaped serious injury on Tuesday following a heavy crash while testing at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. Kovalainen lost control of his Renault at turn seven, crashing heavily into the barriers, destroying the right side of the car. Kovalainen managed to climb out of the car without assistance.

Renault officials were still investigating the cause of the crash but its believed high winds at the circuit contributed to the accident. Kovalainen will sit out the remainder of Tuesday’s test session. However the car, which suffered heavy damage to the rear right bodywork, was expected to be repaired overnight.

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“We’re not on the pace of the top teams, which is disappointing,” Jenson Button told the Daily Mail, he addedd “The positive thing is that there’s a lot more (car development) coming in Bahrain.”

Brackley based Honda launched the ‘RA107′ amid renewed promises of a title challenge, but so far it has not featured regularly near the top of the winter times. Button, 27, was third quickest at Bahrain on Thursday but later spent time at the side of the circuit with a broken throttle.

As reported on homeofsport

Hmm .. should we say so much for the another promising year from Honda ?? Or we’ll give then benefit-of-doubt and wait till the season starts with Australian Grand Prix.

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As reported on autosport

“I don’t know what to say. The times have been good and people are following us closely but the car, it’s not even close to ready for Australia and time is running out,” Fernando Alonso said, “I hope that in Barcelona and Bahrain we can get it set up properly in two weeks time”.

Alonso reckons that Ferrari and Renault teams will be the main threat at the start of the season. “Ferrari are looking very good and Renault will start the year well, but they will get worse, as usual.”

Trying to soften down the opposition and the hype created around the speed of McLaren at Valenica ? But, as far as I remember, Ferrari only got better as the season progressed last year. So the ‘worse’ part is about Renault ??

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