from f1.racing-live.com
Honda is most reliable '06 team
With an average of 438 km on a single test
day
Honda, an outside tip for championship glory, has been the most
reliable formula one team of the 2006 pre-season.
While a similar analysis named the Brackley based outfit as the
biggest testers, 'Auto Motor Und Sport' now reveals that the
Japan-owned camp topped F1's eleven teams in a study of those least
likely to break down this year.
With an average of 438 kilometres on a single test day, the German
magazine lists Honda ahead of F1 rival and second most reliable
team Renault, which clocks up an average 399km.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Toro Rosso - with a development of last
year's Red Bull car and a V10 engine - came in third (376km), ahead
of BMW (355) and Toyota (294).
Ominously, '05 runner up McLaren is just sixth of the eleven teams,
with an average of less than 300km per test day, but Ferrari fared
even worse, collecting just 278 km per day to finish eighth.
Williams amassed 280km per winter test day, according to Auto Motor
Und Sport, MF1 came next (272), then Red Bull (175) and Super Aguri
(173).
''I feel very comfortable going into the first race,'' Honda's
Rubens Barrichello said last week.
Summary of Ranking:
Honda F1 Team 438km
Renault F1 399km
Toro Rosso 376km
BMW Sauber F1 355km
Toyota F1 294km
McLaren less than 300km
Williams F1 280km
Ferrari 278km
Midland F1 272km
Red Bull Racing 175km
Super Aguri F1 173km
