Schumi testing the F2007 w/o TC next week!

[sejtur]

Schumacher to test Ferrari at Barcelona

Michael Schumacher will be back behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car next week as the German will test Ferrari's 2007 championship-winning F1 car next week at Barcelona in a two-day test.

38-year-old Schumacher retired from F1 at the end of 2006 and only attended a handful of races this year as a technical advisor to the Ferrari team. "It's half for pleasure, half for technical reasons," Reuters quoted a Ferrari spokesman as saying.

Schumacher's spokswoman also revealed, "Michael has a lot of experience driving cars with no traction control and no electronic aids, so it makes sense for him to give his input."

Next year traction control systems and driver aids are being banned from F1.

Schumacher will drive on Tuesday and Wednesday next week at Barcelona.

From GPupdate.

[iceman1]

I think Kimi had 2 races without TC and Massa none, so Schumacher going to be used as a teacher to Kimi and Felipe and help with 08 Development at the same time!
this is really interesting reminds me of Hakkinen's test last year

[iceman1]

2008 Testing - Schumi to test title-winning Ferrari

Eurosport - Tue, 06 Nov 10:21:00 2007

Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to test Ferrari's title-winning 2007 Formula One car in Barcelona next week, the team have announced.

"It's half for pleasure, half for technical reasons," said a spokesman.

Schumacher, 38, retired from Formula One at the end of the 2006 season after winning 91 grands prix in the most successful career of any driver.

The German has stayed out of the limelight since, although he attended several races this year as a Ferrari technical adviser. The team won both of this year's titles, taking the drivers' crown with Kimi Raikkonen.

Formula One's technical rules are changing next year, with traction control systems and other so-called 'driver aids' being removed.

"Michael has a big experience in driving cars with no traction control and no electronic aids, so it makes sense for him to give his input," said Schumacher's spokeswoman.

Although Schumacher said in May he had no desire to step back into a Formula One car, team boss Jean Todt has made clear that the offer was always there.

"Todt said that if Michael had the desire to drive the car, he would be happy to fulfil it," said the spokesman, adding that Schumacher would test on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Schumacher has not taken part in a test since he retired, although he did drive the F2007 for a few laps in the wet at Ferrari's Fiorano track at the end of last month to coincide with a visit of the board of parent company FIAT.

He also drove an older car at the circuit in June as part of Ferrari's 60th anniversary celebrations.

Schumacher was also in Spain on Monday to ride Australian Casey Stoner's title-winning Ducati after the end of the MotoGP season.

The German, who also tried out a Ducati MotoGP bike at Mugello in Italy two years ago, showed he could also be quick on two wheels as he completed 58 laps.

"I didn't come here to set a good time," he told the Gazzetta dello Sport. "I had already ridden a Ducati. The first time I was slower, now I am around 10 seconds off the professionals and that's not bad."

The first one in november is at Barcelona: 13, 14, 15 November 2007

Teams can allocate 4 futher days for rookie-tests. everyone is a rookie who did not drive (race or test) more than 4 days in an F1 car during the last 24 months according to the new rule.

2008.01.14. – 2008.01.16.
Jerez, Spain

2008.01.22. – 2008.01.24.
Valencia, Spain

2008.02.01. – 2008.02.03.
Barcelona, Spain

2008.02.12. – 2008.02.14.
Jerez, Spain

2008.02.25. – 2008.02.27.
Barcelona, Spain

2008.04.14. – 2008.04.16.
Barcelona, Spain

2008.05.14. – 2008.05.16.
Le Castellet, France

2008.06.11. – 2008.06.13.
Barcelona, Spain

2008.06.25. – 2008.06.27.
Silverstone, England

2008.07.09. – 2008.07.11.
Hockenheim, Germany

2008.07.23. – 2008.07.25.
Jerez, Spain

2008.08.27. – 2008.08.29.
Monza, Italy

2008.09.17. – 2008.09.19.
Barcelona, Spain

2008.11.18. – 2008.11.20.
Barcelona, Spain

2008.12.11. – 2008.12.13.
Jerez, Spain

2008.12.15. – 2008.12.17.
Jerez, Spain

[maltafan]

IMO Ferrari still need MS for testing. Their present drivers do not participate that much in giving feedback.

[megasyxx]

Hakkinen's test times last year was about 2 seconds off the pace (from the fastest time or was it from the lap record?), it would be interesting to know MSchumi's lap times

[Zack]

i m expecting slow lap times !grin!

[lmcsp]

I gotta say, I actually like Schumy alot better now that hes not driving GPs, weird huh?

Looking forward to the RoC

[megasyxx]

is that his belly sticking out? :@:2

[megasyxx]

i agree, it's pointless for him to top the timesheets - it would only give the other teams an early warning and therefore make steps to catch up @Beer

[iceman1]

is that his belly sticking out? :@:2

he looks a bit fat

[Zack]

looks fit as a fiddle !grin!

[iceman1]

And hopefully we can see Michael and Lewis running side by side during one of these tests

[iceman1]

Michael Schumacher proved he had lost none of the speed that made him a seven-times world champion as he topped the times in the first day of testing at Barcelona.

The Ferrari legend, back in to help the team as it adapts to the ban on traction control, was the only man to set a time in the 1m21s range as F1 kicked off its winter testing season.

Despite a year in retirement, the 38-year-old German looked far from ring-rusty as he set a time of 1m21.922s as he completed 64 laps of the Spanish Grand Prix venue.

Second quickest was Ferrari's regular test driver Luca Badoer, who was 0.2s slower in the sister car.

McLaren's test driver Pedro de la Rosa was third fastest but the Spaniard was more than 0.7s slower than Schumacher as the Woking team began its own programme to adapt to the new standard ECU, driver-aid free F1.

Barcelona testing times (November 13)

1. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m21.922s
2. BADOER Ferrari 1m22.129s
3. DE LA ROSA McLaren 1m22.687s
4. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m22.802s
5. KUBICA BMW 1m22.883s
6. PAFFETT McLaren 1m23.008s
7. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m23.187s
8. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m23.332s
9. TRULLI Toyota 1m23.624s
10. HEIDFELD BMW 1m23.671s
11. ROSBERG Williams 1m23.847s
12. MONTAGNY Toyota 1m23.861s
13. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m24.048s
14. ZUBER Super Aguri 1m24.065s
15. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m24.193s
16. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m24.246s
17. ROSSITER Honda 1m24.480s
18. CHANDHOK Red Bull 1m24.896s
19. VAN DER GARDE Force India 1m25.317s
20. RODRIGUEZ Force India 1m26.973s

for webcam

http://www.circuitcat.com/webcam2/index.htm

The Force India livery is better than any of the Midland/Spyker ones


Schumi back on track
http://www.rai.tv/mppopupvideo/0,,News% ... 032,0.html

[megasyxx]

i m expecting slow lap times !grin!

:@:2 ......ms was quickest on 1st day of testing, what's he up to? !grin! ^cool^ @Beer $peace

[Zack]

I don't think thats says anything but still good to see him setting pace with NO TC

May be tomorrow Felipe will be quicker :|