Last test sessions before Brazil

Published on 30 March 1999 by Thorsten Hendriks

This week will be the last opportunity for the F1 teams to test before cars will be shipped to South America next weekend. Michael Schumacher did some tests with his Ferrari on the private circuit of Mugello on Monday. The morning session was rainy, so he had a chance to test the new Bridgestone wet tyres and set a fastest lap of 1:37.388. In the afternoon he set a best time of 1:29.539 on a partly dry circuit before a transmission problem stop him in mid session. Today tests are continued and Marc Gené has joined to test for Minardi.

Williams has also started it's only test session between Australia and Brazil today and Arrows and Stewart will do a shake down today at the Santa Pod dragstrip in Great Britain.