Mechanical Gremlins Disrupt Fiorano Test


A tough day

By Jamie Makin (28/4/2004)
April 29 2004

After a solid day of testing yesterday, today's session saw the return of mechanical difficulties to plague team SAUBER PETRONAS. Giancarlo Fisichella ran 46 laps in the morning with a best time of 0:57.090. He was almost half a second quicker than yesterday, but only able to complete about a quarter the number of laps. Brakes, tyres and new aerodynamic parts were tested as a continuation of yesterday's activities before trouble befell the team.

Race engineer, Giampaolo Dall'Ara explained the day's setback. "Unfortunately around noon we experienced a mechanical problem which we couldnīt solve at the track and were forced to finish our work for today. Because we didnīt complete our programme we will have to try to catch up tomorrow when Felipe will do some more Bridgestone tyre evaluation and the verification of the so far gathered data."

The team will await parts to repair the car overnight and Felipe Massa will take over the controls for the final day of testing tomorrow.

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