Three cars used today in Valencia
Maranello, 2nd February
Circuit: "Ricardo Tormo", 4.005 km - short course
3.110 km
Drivers: Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa and Valentino Rossi
Cars: F2004 and 248 F1
Weather: air temperature 10/19 °C, track temperature 9/23
°C. Clear skies, misting over in the afternoon.
Third and final day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari
Marlboro, working again today at the Valencia circuit.
No less than three cars were in use today: the 248 F1 in
the hands of Michael Schumacher, the F2004 fitted with the
new V8 engine driven by Felipe Massa and the F2004 fitted
with a V10 engine limited to reproduce the conditions set
out in this year's regulations, used by Valentino Rossi.
The day's technical programme included tyre testing and car
development for Schumacher, while Massa concentrated solely
on tyre development. As for Rossi, he continued with acclimatising
himself to the car. Laps and best times were as follows: Michael
43 (1'11"640), Felipe 50 (1'11"288), Valentino 53
(1'12"362).
The Scuderia resumes testing on Monday 6th February at Fiorano,
with Felipe Massa on track.
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