Minardi join Ferrari at Mugello for day two


By Greig Murray
September 18 2002

Day two at Mugello and it was all the F2002’s as Luca Badoer and Luciano Burti continued to develop tyres and electronics for the USGP. The Ferrari test team were also joined at Mugello by the Minardi team and their Russian test driver who was well off the pace.

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Circuit: Autodromo del Mugello, 5.245 km
Drivers: Luca Badoer, F2002 chassis n° 217; Luciano Burti, F2002 chassis n° 218
Weather: air temperature 13/26 °C, track temperature 19/40 °C, sunny.

Second day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at the Mugello circuit. Once again today, both the team test drivers were in action, with Luciano Burti and Luca Badoer continuing work on a tyre and electronics programme.

Badoer covered 56 laps, the quickest being a 1’22”159. Burti totalled 43 laps with a best time of 1’24”712. The Minardi team was also testing here: Sergei Zlobin completed 45 laps, the quickest in 1’35”678.

The Scuderia continue testing tomorrow: Luca Badoer will be joined by Michael Schumacher, while Luciano Burti will be at Fiorano to shakedown the cars which will be used in the forthcoming United States Grand Prix.

Source – Ferrari Press Release

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