Testing at the Fiorano and Le Castellet circuits
Circuit: Fiorano track, 2.976 km – short course 1.413
km
Driver: Felipe Massa
Car: 248 F1
Weather: air temperature 14/18 °C, track 19/25 °C.
Partially cloudy in the morning, rain in the afternoon.
Circuit: Paul Ricard HTTT. Version 3E-SC (3.254 km)
Driver: Michael Schumacher
Car: 248 F1
Weather: air temperature 14/21 °C, track temperature 17/30
°C. Cloudy in the morning, stormy in the early afternoon,
then cloudy again.
Second day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro,
again working on two fronts, at Fiorano and Le Castellet.
The rain which fell in the afternoon on both the Italian
and French circuits, hindered the Scuderia’s progress.
At Fiorano, Felipe Massa, who had a programme based on testing
new components and elctronics, covered a total of 61 laps
(six on the short version of the course,) setting a best time
of 57”134.
At Le Castellet, Michael Schumacher who had the task of continuing
with the Bridgestone tyre development programme that Luca
Badoer had begun yesterday, completed 125 laps of the 3E-SC
version of the French track, the quickest in a time of 58”287.
The Scuderia continues testing tomorrow, again with Massa
at Fiorano and Schumacher at Le Castellet.
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