Schumacher and Badoer in action once again

Second day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at the Monza circuit. Michael Schumacher was again at the wheel today, working on tyre testing and aerodynamics.

Schumacher completed a total of 102 laps, the quickest being a 1’24.248. Testing continues tomorrow, with Rubens Barrichello taking over the driving duties.

Today's times

R. Schumacher (BMW-Williams) 1’24.201, 39 laps
M. Schumacher (Ferrari) 1’24.248, 102 laps
P. De la Rosa (Jaguar-Cosworth) 1’24.560, 57 laps
O. Panis (Bar-Honda) 1’24.839, 41 laps
M. Gene (BMW-Williams) 1’24.842, 69 laps
E. Irvine (Jaguar-Cosworth) 1’24.916, 39 laps
D. Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) 1’25.113, 36 laps
J. Trulli (Renault) 1’25.475, 86 laps
N. Heidfeld (Sauber-Petronas) 1’26.080, 52 laps
J. Button (Renault) 1’26.107, 56 laps
J. Villeneuve (Bar- Honda) 1’26.174, 49 laps
T. Sato (Jordan-Honda) 1’26.761, 70 laps
A. McNish (Toyota) 1’27.252, 38 laps
S. Sarrazin (Toyota) 1’27.406, 59 laps
A. Yoong (Minardi-Asiatech) 1’28.087, 74 laps

Circuit: Paul Ricard, 5.810 km
Driver: Luca Badoer, F2002 chassis n° 217
Weather: air temperature 18-23 °C, track temperature 19-37 °C, sun.

Second day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at the Le Castellet circuit in the South of France. Once again, it was Luca Badoer who was driving today, continuing with working on set-up with the F2002, as well as carrying out a Bridgestone tyre development programme.

Badoer covered a total of 64 laps, the quickest being a 1’39.370. The Scuderia’s official test driver continues with the programme tomorrow.