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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">BTCC</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">26/06/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Snetterton Testing</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Details</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">"It was a very productive day for me," said Yvan Muller, who topped the times at Snetterton yesterday. "This test has given us the chance to try lots of different set-ups and for me the hard work has paid off. My best time was towards the end of this afternoon's session and it has confirmed the Astra Coupé's balance is good as a result of the changes the team has made."<BR> <BR> Jason Plato was happy too, despite slipping to third fastest right at the end, as James Thompson got the hammer down. "I came to Snetterton not to be competitive with times, but to work on the car and as a result I've learned an awful which I'm pleased about," said Plato. "I have tried set-ups today that I would never have dreamt of trying in the shortish free practice sessions we get at race meetings. Overall I'm very pleased with the way my day has gone."<BR> <BR> The Vauxhall drivers are still concerned about the 60 + 30 kg of ballast they are carrying and its effect on their brakes, but Muller was nearly 1.4 seconds quicker than Dan Eaves' Peugeot and over 2.2 seconds faster than Kurt Luby's Lexus.<BR> <BR> Thomas Erdos didn't drive the IS200 at Snetterton and won't be running at Donington this weekend, as originally planned.<BR> <BR> "Both the drivers and myself feel that it is the right thing to do in keeping Kurt in the car, rather than letting Thomas drive," explained Tim Blake. "Kurt will notice changes to the car rather than Thomas, and will be able to identify if these changes have had any affect in the handling. Thomas has no seat time to benchmark these changes by."<BR> <BR> The Lexus was running with revised rear suspension, and it was a partially successful day. Tim Blake: "We lost some time with a front wheel coming off the car, going down one of the straights at 140mph. Kurt did very wheel to keep everything under control. I am happy with the direction of today's testing."<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>