Formula 1

Sauber Mugello Monday test notes 2002-02-18

Mugello Circuit, Monday, 18 February 2002 Weather: Foggy, then damp then dry and cool Temperature: Track 18Â°; Air 11Â° Distance: 22 laps - 115.50 kilometres Track Length: 5.25 kilometres Team SAUBER PETRONAS Team has completed today the third ...

Edited: Apr 15, 2002, 11:45 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Mugello Circuit, Monday, 18 February 2002
Weather: Foggy, then damp then dry and cool
Temperature: Track 18°; Air 11°
Distance: 22 laps - 115.50 kilometres
Track Length: 5.25 kilometres

Team SAUBER PETRONAS Team has completed today the third of a three-day test in Mugello (Italy) with the new SAUBER PETRONAS C21. Felipe Massa completed 22 laps and his quickest lap was 1m26.046s. He ended his testing with an accident on his 23rd lap but he was unharmed. The car will be now repaired in Hinwil prior to his shipment to Australia.

Willy Rampf (Technical Director): "In the morning, we lost quite a long time waiting for the track to open as it was quite foggy to start and visibility was very poor. The track was still wet after heavy rains overnight. In the morning, Felipe tried wet and dry-weather tyres. He was also able to complete a dry-run to double-check all of the systems of the car. We also were able to complete a number of refuelling tests. Unfortunately, Felipe's work was interrupted when he had an accident on the second run this afternoon. He lost the car in turn 11 and hit the tyre barrier sideways. He was unhurt of course, but Team Sauber Petronas decided to end the test prematurely as the damage to the car was too great to rebuild it on-site in a very short period of time. Overall, this test confirms our finding from all of our winter testing, that the Sauber Petronas C21 has shown itself to be reliable and very competitive.

Felipe Massa: "I am disappointed to have crashed the car. But it was extremely good experience to do the refuelling stops and this will stand me in good stead, ready for my first Grand Prix in Melbourne."

-sauber-

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Ferrari Imola Tuesday private test notes 2002-02-19

Next article Mosley defends Interlagos

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

Exploring Ferrari's 'less than a tenth' US GP update package

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

16 min

Exploring Ferrari's 'less than a tenth' US GP update package

F1 United States GP: Charles Leclerc pips Max Verstappen to top FP1

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

1 h

F1 United States GP: Charles Leclerc pips Max Verstappen to top FP1

George Russell reveals he lost sleep over his own driving, not the F1 championship

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

2 h

George Russell reveals he lost sleep over his own driving, not the F1 championship

F1 United States GP live commentary and updates - Ferrari leads FP1

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

3 h

F1 United States GP live commentary and updates - Ferrari leads FP1

Feature

Discover prime content

Max Verstappen’s words explained: Why Red Bull’s turnaround is so different this time

Formula 1

United States GP

By Ronald Vording

Max Verstappen’s words explained: Why Red Bull’s turnaround is so different this time

Mission control: Inside the FIA and F1's latest answer to football's VAR

Formula 1

United States GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

Mission control: Inside the FIA and F1's latest answer to football's VAR

How Kimi Antonelli levelled up his character to be F1 2026's world champion-elect

Formula 1

United States GP

By Filip Cleeren

How Kimi Antonelli levelled up his character to be F1 2026's world champion-elect

Why Oscar Piastri has struggled to show his best with this year's McLaren MCL40

Formula 1

By Jake Boxall-Legge

Why Oscar Piastri has struggled to show his best with this year's McLaren MCL40

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts