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Jean Todt: “The
first day of the weekend is usually devoted to finding the
best set-up and evaluating the two types of tyre available
to us. Fine tuning the car is especially important here,
because of the nature of the track. And on this aspect, we
still have a lot of work to do, especially in light of the
outcome of this afternoon’s session. Michael felt a
vibration in his car and as a precautionary measure we
decided to bring him into the pits. Despite the fact that he
therefore lost the final part of the second hour, we have
still picked up plenty of data.
"We have one and a half days
ahead of us in which to analyse the situation in order to be
as well prepared as possible for Saturday. Currently, it is
hard to tell what is the true order among the teams, as we
do not know what fuel loads the others were running.”
Michael Schumacher:
“This morning, we were very competitive and looked in pretty
good shape and I was happy with the car. Unfortunately, the
car did not run well this afternoon, as I picked up a
vibration that got worse as the session went on, so we felt
it was best to stop so that we could analyse what was going
on. That’s the way it is at this circuit, in that if you
have a small problem you lose a lot of track time and
because of that it is hard for me to predict what will be
the situation in qualifying on Saturday.”
Rubens Barrichello:
“I was not very happy with the car today. In the morning, I
was unhappy with the set-up on my brakes and this afternoon,
it was a more general difficulty with the set-up and other
elements of the package The car was actually better this
afternoon in some respects, but the handling was difficult.
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“The first day of the weekend is usually devoted to
finding the best set-up and evaluating the two types
of tyre available to us. Fine tuning the car is
especially important here, because of the
nature of the track," said
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Rubens Barrichello
struggled with the set-up of his Ferrari during the
practice sessions at Monaco today (top) while the
Ferrari mechanics also practiced
pit stops today
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"But, I have every faith in the team and I am sure we can
improve the situation. At this track, the driver can make a
difference, which is a positive factor, as is the fact we
have an extra day now to think about what to do.”
Ross Brawn: “Michael felt a
vibration on his car and it got worse during the session, so
we felt it was prudent to bring him in as this is not the
circuit to take risks. We are not yet sure what the problem
is. On Rubens’ car, I think we still have some work to do on
set-up, as he was not totally happy with it. We will try and make some improvements. But generally, we
are happy with the cars which seemed to be well balanced,
until we went the wrong way with Rubens’ set-up and Michael
had that problem. The track gets quicker all the time and I
am sure we will recover for Saturday and it is good that we
have a spare day tomorrow.”
Free practice - First session:
Michael Schumacher: 4th 1.17.640 16 laps chassis 245; Rubens
Barrichello: 10th 1.18.838 16 laps chassis 246;
Temperatures: air 23/24°C, track 31/37°C
Free practice – Second session:
Michael Schumacher: 11th 1.17.170
11 laps chassis 245; Rubens Barrichello: 15th 1.17.663 25
laps chassis 246; Temperatures: air 25/24°C, track 40/41°C
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