United States Grand Prix – Indianapolis, 30th June
2006
Free practice - First session
Michael Schumacher: 2nd 1.12.458 3 laps chassis 254
Felipe Massa: - - - chassis 252 Temperatures: air
25/27 °C, track 35/39 °C
Free practice – Second session
Felipe Massa: 4th 1.13.264 26 laps chassis 252
Michael Schumacher: 6th 1.13.346 18 laps
chassis 254
Temperatures: air 28 °C, track 39/37
°C
Jean Todt:
“ It was good to see the warm welcome with which the
American public greeted Ferrari. This country is the number
one market for our company, with a legend built up around
it even without the backing of Formula 1, which is so important
in other countries. As for the technical side, we went through
our usual Friday routine, concentrating mainly on finding
the best set up for the cars and checking the consistency
of performance of our tyres. Friday is always too soon to
make predictions, but from what we have seen, here more than
elsewhere tyre performance will be crucial, both in terms
of first lap performance and in their consistency over the
longer distance. It is up to our engineers and our friends
at Bridgestone to do a good job of analysing the data we acquired
today.”
Michael Schumacher:
“I am happy with what we have seen on track today.
The situation looks pretty good, which means we can tackle
the rest of the weekend with confidence. Let’s say I
had more problems trying to watch the quarter finals on television
than I did in the cockpit of my Ferrari…When I went
off the track this morning, maybe I was still thinking a bit
too much about the grass on the football pitch! I am very
happy that Germany beat Argentina. It’s a great result.
Now I hope that Italy also wins, then we can all concentrate
on our main objective which is to win the race on Sunday.”
Felipe Massa:
“It was a good day’s work. The car and Bridgestone
tyres all worked very well. We have to study the data carefully,
but I feel I can say this is the best first day we have had
over a Grand Prix weekend for quite some time. I worked a
lot on checking the consistency of the tyres, doing some long
runs which produced encouraging results. All in all, I am
confident for qualifying tomorrow and Sunday’s race.”
Ross Brawn:
“It’s been a useful day. We worked well, without
seeing any problems on the cars, which seemed quite well balanced
right from the start. Also the Bridgestone tyres worked well
from the outset. We had a bit of graining, but that could
be down to the condition of the track, which is still dirty
and has little rubber on it. All in all, a good start to the
weekend.”
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