Badoer and Barrichello on track at Catalunya

By Ferrari Press Office
April 8 2005

Third day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, at the Catalunya Circuit on the outskirts of Barcelona. Both Luca Badoer and Rubens Barrichello worked hard for the Italian team to get the F2005 up to speed for San Marino.

Circuit: Circuit de Catalunya, 4.627 km
Drivers: Luca Badoer and Rubens Barrichello
Cars: F2004 M and F2005
Weather: air temperature 12/23 °C, track temperature 13/29 °C. Clear skies.

Third day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, at the Catalunya Circuit on the outskirts of Barcelona.

Luca Badoer took over from Marc Gené at the wheel of the F2004 M and continued with the Bridgestone tyre development started a few days ago by his Spanish colleague. The Scuderia official test driver completed a total of 127 laps, with a best time of 1.14.755.

Rubens Barrichello gave the F2005 its debut at this circuit. The Brazilian driver worked on Bridgestone tyre development and on fine tuning the set-up of the car. Barrichello covered 116 laps, the quickest in 1.1.4.635. The Scuderia continues testing at this track tomorrow, when Luca Badoer continues to run in the F2004 M while Michael Schumacher takes the wheel of the F2005.






Ferrari Press Office
07 Apr 2005