Ferrari Slow In Second Practice Session

By Dale Calkins
May 12 2006

Schumacher was the quickest of the Ferrari runners in FP 2, only going 6th fastest with Massa all the way down in 17th. Ferrari was however successful in covering quite a few miles and working on there car set up program.

Ferrari Slow In Second Practice Session	Dale Calkins
Michael Schumacher FP 2: 6th - 1'17.100 Schumacher was the quickest of the Ferrari runners in FP 2, only going 6th fastest. Michael was however quite pleased with his running and is looking forward to the Grand Prix of Spain. Here is what the 7-Time World Champion had to say about his sessions: "I am very happy with the work we have done today, centred on the Bridgestone tyres and on adapting the 248 F1 to the track conditions. Compared with the last time we were here we have a few updates on the car and steps forward with the tyres. I think we can be competitive, even though we have yet to go into detail on the data. There are a lot of factors to consider. Looking at the times this morning we were quick and the good thing is that this afternoon, over a longer distance we were both quick and consistent, so the situation looks pretty good." Felipe Massa FP 2: 17th - 1'18.223 FElipe Massa set the fastest time in the first practice session of the day, but the second session saw him all the way down in 17th position. This is what the young Brazilian had to say after his first day at Catalunya: "This weekend has got off on the right foot. The day went very well and we worked almost exclusively on the Bridgestone tyres, obviously looking towards the race. Michael and I split the work load, using different types of tyre. Today I was not trying to do a time but just wanted to understand how the tyres performed over a long run. I am very satisfied with the 248 F1 and what we achieved today." Ross Brawn Technical Director Ferrari's Technical Director Ross Brawn was pleased with today's running and is positive for a good result in qualifying and the race. Here is what Ross had to say: "It was a good day and both drivers did a good job, getting through everything on their programmes. We got a whole heap of data, also doing some quite long runs on both types of Bridgestone tyre we have here. The balance of the cars seems quite good and the engineers only made minor adjustments."
May 12, 2006
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