2002 April News
   
Saturday April 6th, 2002
Micahel Schumacher Ends Testing at Mugello
4th April

Circuit: Fiorano track, 2.976 km - short course 1.413 km.
Car: F2001 chassis n° 209.

Weather: Air temperature  15/17/15 °C,  track  18/25/21 °C. Sunny.
On the  day's  schedule  was  a tyre  development programme. A total  of  118  laps  (10 on the short course) was completed with a best time of 58”665.
 
 
5th April
Circuit: Fiorano track, 2.976 km - short course 1.413 km.
Car: F2001 chassis n° 209.
Weather: Air  temperature  15/20/18 °C, track 14/23/20 °C. Sunny.
Michael  Schumacher  worked  all day  on  wet  weather tyre development on the  artificially  watered  track.  The German driver  covered  a  total of 39 laps (2 on the short version of the track,) setting a best time of 1'07"372.
 
 
6th April
Circuit: Autodromo del Mugello, 5.245 km
Car: F2002 chassis n° 218
Weather:  Air temperature  8/11°C,  track 12/14 °C,  covered skies then rain.
Michael Schumacher drove a F2002 here. The German driver worked on car  set-up, also doing some practice pit stops and starts. The  entire  test was carried out on rain tyres. 48 laps were completed, the quickest being a 1'28"289.