29-June: The Ferrari team concluded testing at Fiorano with Luca Badoer.
He concentrated on testing new electronic solutions. He covered a total of 85
laps with a best time of 0:59.661.
Weather conditions were sunny with air temperature reaching 30 degrees
while track temperatures reached 46 degrees.
28-June: On the final day of testing at Barcelona, McLaren's test driver Alexander
Wurz set the fastest time of the day ahead of Arrow Heinz Harald Frentzen
and Renault's Jenson Button.
With Sauber and Jordan concluding their test yesterday, only 5 teams were
present with 8 drivers setting lap times. Williams' test driver Marc Gene
completed a massive 141 laps followed by William' test driver Antonio Pizzonia
with 103 and McLaren's test driver Alexander Wurz with 91 laps.
There were no major incidents during the session although a number of cars
stopped on the track.
Weather conditions were sunny with air temperature reaching 32 degrees
while track temperatures reached 41 degrees.
Most teams were satisfied from the results achieved during this test. Williams
Test Team Manager Tim Newton said "A useful test in terms of tyres and
set-up work. In fact we've achieved a lot despite the hot conditions. The
whole test team has worked very hard this week and deserve the weekend
break." While Renault's Technical Director Mike Gascoyne said " An
effective day's work to round off a useful week. Jenson did a lot of miles
this week, which allowed us to complete a number of development programmes,
including some promising engine developments." Arrows were also pleased
with their results with Chief Race Engineer Graham Taylor saying " We’ve
completed what’s been quite a comprehensive test here. We managed to get
through most of our programme and made some good progress. Over the four days,
we’ve been working with Cosworth on engine development and we also tried
some new suspensions systems on the car. We had a few minor problems running
earlier in the test, but Heinz was able to get in some good mileage. All in
all, a lot of hard work which I think we can be pleased with."
Jaguar Racing gave Minardi's driver Mark Webber a test in
the Jaguar R3 and while he set the slowest time of the day, he was only a few
hundredths of a second slower than Jaguar's driver Pedro de la Rosa.
At Paul Ricard, the Toyota
Racing team concluded a 3 day test in preparation for the British Grand Prix.
Test driver Stephane Sarrazin was on duty on the first day with Allan McNish
took over for the last 2 days of the test. Sarrazin completed 75 laps with a
best time of 1:15.750 while McNish covered 176 laps over the 2 days with a
best time of 1:13.340.
McNish was able to test for the team despite injuring his shoulder during the
European Grand Prix. He said "My shoulder is now back in perfect working
condition after resting well after the European GP. We managed to complete
many laps over the two days. We worked on aerodynamics and mechanical items,
as well as some suspension and electronics work, which improved the overall
handling of the car. It was generally a productive two days with everyone
working hard in hot conditions."
At Mugello, Michael Schumacher
set the fastest time of the day ahead of BAR's Jacques Villeneuve and test
driver Anthony Davidson.
Davidson covered the most number of laps with 83 followed by Jacques
Villeneuve with 71 and Michael Schumacher with 68 laps.
Weather conditions were mixed with air temperature reaching 34 degrees
while track temperatures reached 37 degrees.
At Fiorano, both Ferrari test drivers
were present. Luciano Burti for the first time tested the F2002 working on
electronics. He covered a total of 44 laps with a best time of 0:59.571. Luca
Badoer shookdown the 3 cars headed for Silverstone. He covered 30 laps with a
best time of 1:00.195.
Weather conditions were sunny with air temperature reaching 32 degrees
while track temperatures reached 40 degrees.
