[04 Feb 2004]
Testing is over for today. Button, Raikkonen, Alonso and Toyotas were running quite a lot towards evening. Today BAR wasn't posting new records. Sauber packed away after Massa's accident from morning.
1. Alonso 1:14.665 2. R. Schumacher 1:14.679 3. Button 1:14.699 4. Gene 1:14.997 5. Barrichello 1:15.058 6. Montagny 1:15.288 7. Panis 1:15.444 8. Montoya 1:15.590 9. Badoer 1:15.646 10. Sato 1:15.724 11. Raikkonen 1:16.083 12. Da Matta 1:16.110 13. De la Rosa 1:16.440 14. Coulthard 1:16.573 15. Massa 1:17.777
15:00
It's now warm and sunny. Ralf Schumacher still leads the times. Now with 1:14.679. Button is 2nd and Gene 3rd fastest. McLarens Kimi Raikkonen is 10th (1:16.086).
In the morning Felipe Massa was taken to hospital after a heavy off at the end of the main straight. Fortunately nothing serious. Also Button had quite nasty flames during a re-fueling practise.
Antonio Pizzonia just arrived to the paddock and is most likely to test for Williams tomorrow.
10:00
Day 2 of test coverage begins. It's cloudy and quite foggy. New drivers for today are Montoya, Coulthard, Massa and Badoer. Williams currently heads the times with Ralf Schumacher fastest with 1:15.056 followed by Gene, Barrichello and Montoya. Kimi Raikkonen is currently 8th with 1:16.172.
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