Arrows fast but fragile on day 2 at Silverstone

By Huw Alban
April 29 2002

Heinz-Harald Frentzen continued to show ample promise in the new A23 despite suffering a gearbox failure early in the session at Silverstone today. There is no further detail available about this test from an Arrows perspective, apart from the fact that the car was not seen on track again.

Enrique Bernoldi joined Heinz-Harald Frentzen today, but also suffered the same failure as his team, and this ended the day very prematurely for the test team.

Testing continues tomorrow.

Times from todays session:

1. Trulli Renault 1'24"110 43 laps
2. Frentzen Arrows 1'24"140 11 laps
3. Fisichella Jordan 1'24"540 53 laps
4. Sato Jordan 1'24"650 74 laps
5. Button Renault 1'24"950 46 laps
6. Bernoldi Arrows 1'25"090 10 laps
7. de la Rosa Jaguar 1'25"740 44 laps
8. Villeneuve BAR 1'25"780 29 laps
9. Davidson BAR 1'36"190 14 laps