After a dissapointing weekend in Hockenheim the ...

Published on 06 August 1998 by Verstappen Info Page

After a dissapointing weekend in Hockenheim the Stewart team is working hard to improve their overall performance. Today Jos Verstappen and Rubens Barrichello tested at Silverstone. For a change it happened to be warm and sunny weather at Britain's Grand Prix circuit. Jos drove many laps today in order to get to know the Stewart Ford inside-out. Contrary to the last few races Jos did not suffer so much from understeer but more from oversteer. As Jos told us before the Stewart Ford is a difficult and complicated car to set up and Jos was not completely satisfied with today's results. At the end of the day things went a bit better however as the team mounted new shock absorbers on the rear of the car. Despite the fact that no personal duels are fought out during the test and that the main purpose of the test is to improve the car it is of course interesting for us to know which driver has the edge on the other. Today Rubens had the upperhand on Jos although only by 0.3s.