By Huw Alban
April 29 2002

The OrangeArrows A23s came back down to earth with a bump during the two free practice sessions today in Brazil. The end of the third session saw the team slip down to 15th and 16th places - when you consider that this is to work on qualifying setup those positions are not a good sign ! The team must have surely approached todays practice sessions with a spring in their step after yesterday finished with Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi in 11th and 12th places.

The majority of the grid took to the track at the start of the session, lead by Minardi's Mark Webber. As the big boys start to put in their timed laps, Enrique Bernoldi suffers a small but thankfully harmless spin.

30 minutes into the session, this is the only incident to affect the third practice and Heinz-Harald Frentzen has dropped to 15th position. He stayed there until the end of the session, with Enrique Bernoldi just behind on 16th.

Things didn't get any better for OrangeArrows in the fourth and final session, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen stopping out on the circuit about half way through. Consiquently he finished Saturday practice in 20th place, but Enrique Bernoldi managed to hang on to his 16th spot.

Hope things get better during the qualifying hour...