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15-June: Ferrari concluded their testing at Mugello today with Luca Badoer at the wheel. Badoer concentrated on testing new components for the F2002. He covered a total of 72 laps with a best time of 1:21.486.
Weather conditions were sunny with air temperatures reaching 29 degrees while track temperature reached 50 degrees.

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15-June: BMW have identified the reasons behind the 2 engine failures the Williams BMW team suffered during the Canadian Grand Prix. BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen said "It is one disadvantage of the overseas races that equipment is returned only a couple of days after the Grand Prix. On Wednesday we dismantled the engines and found out the following: Juan Pablo’s engine stopped in the race due to a broken valve. On Ralf's car a problem with a piston appeared after he had crossed the finish line. It actually was not a failure of the piston itself but of the operating conditions."

Following another testing session for the latest specification Honda engine at the hands of Olivier Panis at Jerez, Honda have decided to use their latest spec engine in Friday practice and during qualifying. Honda's Race and Test team manager Shuhei Nakamoto said "We had a strong race in Canada and managed to get the most out of our engine during the weekend. Since then, we have been working to improve the reliability for the race in Germany. We will be introducing the new spec engine for Friday and for qualifying on Saturday."

14-June: On the final day of testing at Jerez, McLaren's David Coulthard set the fastest time of the day ahead of McLaren's test driver Alexander Wurz and Renault's test driver Fernando Alonso.
Again, 7 teams were present today with 9 drivers setting lap times. BAR's test driver Patrick Lemarie covered the most number of laps with 93 followed by Ferrari's test driver Luciano Burti with 91 laps.
Toyota's test driver Ryan Briscoe suffered a crash just before the end of the session. He was fine but the car suffered some damage. Briscoe said "It has not been such a great day of testing. We have had some problems today and I have not got as many laps done as I would have liked. I had an accident at the end of the session. Coming out of turn 5 I had some understeer, put two wheels over the kerb and went into the wall, but apart from a bit of whiplash I am fine."
The session was also stopped a number of times during the day due to drivers spinning on the track.
Weather was hot and sunny with air temperature reaching 33 degrees and track temperatures reaching 54 degrees.

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At Mugello, Michael Schumacher set the fastest time of the day ahead of Felipe Massa in the Sauber. Michael's best time of the day was slower than his record breaking lap yesterday. He set a best time of 1:21.677 while concentrating on set-up and tyre development. He covered a total of 82 laps.
Felipe Massa set a best time of 1:24.514 and covering 96 laps.
Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer takes over from Michael Schumacher tomorrow.
The Sauber team concluded their test. while Felipe Massa takes over from Nick Heidfeld.
Weather conditions were sunny with air temperatures reaching 31 degrees while track temperature reached 48 degrees.

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13-June: On the third day of testing at Jerez, Kimi Raikkonen continued his impressive form setting yet another lap record with a time of 1:18.906 and almost a full second ahead of Mika Salo in second.
7 teams were present today with 9 drivers setting lap times. Ferrari's test driver Luciano Burti covered the most number of laps with 100 as he continued his tyre evaluation program in the F2001. Kimi Raikkonen covered 78 laps while BAR's test driver Patrick Lemarie covered 76 laps.
Juan Pablo Montoya who took over from Marc Gene failed to set a time as his car caught fire on his first flying lap possibly due to an engine failure.
In addition to Montoya's problems, several other cars stopped on the track also with engine problems including Jarno Trulli, Olivier Panis.
Testing concludes tomorrow.
Weather was once again hot and sunny with air temperature reaching 33 degrees and track temperatures reaching 51 degrees.

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At Mugello, Michael Schumacher broke the lap record with a time of 1:20.943. He was testing new components for the car. He covered a total of 66 laps.
Nick Heidfeld was also at the track and he set a best time of 1:24.884 and covering 95 laps.
Michael Schumacher continues testing tomorrow while Felipe Massa takes over from Nick Heidfeld.
Weather conditions were sunny with air temperatures reaching 31 degrees while track temperature reached 49 degrees.

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12-June: On the second day of testing at Jerez, McLaren's regular driver Kimi Raikkonen smashed the lap record by over 2 seconds setting a time of 1:19.235. Mika Salo in the Toyota was second over 1.5 seconds behind with Pedro de la Rosa in the Jaguar in 3rd.
7 teams were present today with 10 drivers setting lap times. Williams' test driver Marc Gene covered the most number of laps with 108 followed by McLaren's test driver Alexander Wurz with 95 laps and Ferrari's test driver Luciano Burti with 94 laps.
Most of the teams were concentrating on set-up work for the upcoming European Grand Prix. Ferrari were running a tyre evaluation program in the F2001
There were no major incidents during the session.
Testing continues tomorrow.
Weather was once again hot and sunny with air temperature reaching 32 degrees and track temperatures reaching 43 degrees.

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At Mugello, both the Ferrari and Sauber teams were present. Michael Schumacher set the fastest time of the day while carrying out a race simulation. He covered a total of 78 laps. Nick Heidfeld was the other driver present working on set-up for the next race at the Nurburgring, he covered 69 laps.
Both drivers continue testing tomorrow.
Weather conditions were sunny with air temperatures reaching 25 degrees while track temperature reached 45 degrees.

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11-June: Formula 1 Teams return to testing this week in preparation for the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.
On the first day of testing at Jerez, McLaren's test driver Alexander Wurz set the fastest time of the day ahead of Renault's test driver Fernando Alonso and Williams' test driver Marc Gene.
3 teams were present with 4 drivers setting lap times. Wurz also covered the most number of laps with 66 followed by Alonso with 64 laps.
The teams were concentrating on set-up work.
There were no major incidents during the session although Gene stopped on the track in the afternoon with a technical problem.
Several teams are expected to joining tomorrow with more regular driver testing as well.
Weather was hot and sunny with air temperature reaching 35 degrees and track temperatures soaring to 50 degrees.

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At Mugello, Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer commenced testing for the team concentrating on set-up and tyre testing. Badoer covered 81 laps with a best time of 1:23.980.
Michael Schumacher takes over testing duties tomorrow.
Weather conditions were sunny with air temperatures reaching 25 degrees while track temperature reached 45 degrees.

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11-June: "McLaren on the way up ?" is the title of the 17th issue from the Diagnosis and Prognosis Series for the 2002 season. In this issue, the Heretic looks at the aftermath of the Canadian Grand Prix - Issue 17

10-June: "Your thoughts on the Canadian Grand Prix" - Topic of the week - Have Your Say