European Grand Prix – Nürburgring,
Free practice - First session
Michael Schumacher: 4th 1.32.858 4 laps chassis 254
Felipe Massa: - - - chassis 250 Temperatures: air 17/18 °C,
track 23/26 °C
Free practice – Second session
Michael Schumacher: 3rd 1.33.619 14 laps chassis 254
Felipe Massa: 14th 1.34.546 18 laps chassis 250
Temperatures: air 20 °C, track 32/31 °C
Jean Todt:
“At the risk of sounding repetitive, I have to say
this was just the usualFriday during which the team worked
on the comparison of the two types of tyrebrought here by
Bridgestone and on defining the best settings on the car for
the race.We acquired some interesting data, which will now
be evaluated by the engineers tomake all the necessary choices
for the rest of the Grand Prix. From what we haveseen so far,
we can say that our chassis, engine and Bridgestone tyre package,should
allow us to be competitive.”
Michael Schumacher:
“We had a good day and I am reasonably happy with
the car. We are more or less where we expected to be. Looking
at the times, the situation seems quite good. I opted for
just one type of tyre for this first day of free practice,
working only on this and the choice seemed to be the best
one. Our main rivals also seem very strong, so I think it
will be a very close fight. We are confident and from what
we have seen, we are also competitive here. If we can put
all the pieces of the jigsaw together then we can fight for
the win.”
Felipe Massa:
“As usual, today was spent mainly comparing the two
types of tyre Bridgestone has brought here for us and on finding
the best set-up on the 248 F1. Michael and I split the work
load, each trying a different type of tyre. Overall, I am
reasonably happy with the way things went this afternoon and
we now have a lot of data to study. We know we have a good
potential and we have to try and improve the car for qualifying
and most of all, for the race.”
Ross Brawn:
“Getting the car balanced was a bit tricky at first,
but I think both race engineers did a good job with their
drivers to improve the situation, to the extent that, come
the end of the second hour, both Michael and Felipe were happy.
The two drivers used different tyre types so as to get as
much data as possible to work with from this afternoon onwards.
Basically, the cars seem to be competitive and we are confident
for the rest of the weekend.”
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