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Formula One December 1997 Test-Times
News Editor: Michael Viveen
© 1997 ATLAS F1


Test-times at: Barcelona / Maranello

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Barcelona, Spain Top of Page
  • 4.727 kilometers
  • 1997 Pole: Villeneuve 1:16.525
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Damon Hill 1:21.50
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Mika Hakkinen 1:17.78 (set 02-19)

Friday December 19, 1997 rain
  Badoer        1:36.64 (13 timed laps) (Minardi)
  Panis         1:36.77 (19)
  Diniz         1:36.91 (39)
  Barrichello   1:37.50 (27)
  Alesi         1:37.57 (31)
  Herbert       1:37.73 (52)
  Salo          1:38.17 (33)
  Kristensen    1:38.31 (53)
  Trulli        1:38.80 (05)

Tuesday December 16, 1997 some rain
  Hakkinen      1:22.95 (09) 
  Coulthard     1:23.17 (08)
  Herbert       1:23.49 (02)
  Panis         1:25.71 (02)
  Takagi        1:25.76 (06)
  Trulli        1:29.48 (03)
  
Friday December 5, 1997 some rain
  Wurz          1:18.99 (31)
  Gavin         1:21.69 (39) (Benetton)
  Coulthard     1:22.21 (20)
  Muller        1:22.32 (13) (Sauber)
  Fontana       1:22.77 (57)
  1998 spec:
  Coulthard     1:23.53 (49)
  Hakkinen      1:24.03 (39)
  Salo          1:24.35 (55)
  Herbert       1:25.17 (57)
  Frentzen      1:25.19 (40)
  Kristensen    1:27.72 (35)
  Villeneuve    1:28.40 (15)
  Marques       1:30.10 (36)

Thursday December 4, 1997
  Wurz          1:19.79 (23)
  Coulthard     1:19.86 (26)
  Hakkinen      1:20.28 (40)
  Fisichella    1:21.10 (06)
  Fontana       1:21.72 (14)
  1998 spec:
  Villeneuve    1:24.03 (30)
  Herbert       1:24.54 (18)
  Frentzen      1:24.71 (58)
  Panis         1:25.65 (31)
  Marques       1:27.62 (20)
  Kristensen    1:28.11 (23) (Minardi)


Wednesday December 3, 1997
  Fisichella    1:19.82 (29)
  Coulthard     1:20.34 (53) 
  Wurz          1:20.43 (45)
  Hakkinen      1:20.74
  Fontana       1:22.84 (17)
  Diniz         1:23.92 (06)
  1998 spec:
  Villeneuve    1:24.25 (56)
  Herbert       1:24.25 (55)
  Frentzen      1:24.60 (67)
  Panis         1:25.40 (36)
  Trulli        1:26.22 (38)
  Salo          1:26.40 (48)
  Redon         1:27.93 (29) (Minardi)
  Marques       1:28.24 (54)
  Tuero         1:28.82 (31) (Minardi)

Tuesday December 2, 1997
  Montoya       1:19.22 (22) (Williams)
  Wilson        1:20.40 (18) (Williams)
  Fisichella    1:20.62 (30) (Benetton)
  Wurz          1:20.65 (33) (Benetton)
  Ayari         1:21.15 (15) (Williams)
  Minassian     1:21.43 (17) (Williams)
  Fontana       1:23.17 (30) (Sauber)
  1998 spec:
  Diniz         1:25.35 (06) (Arrows)
  Trulli        1:26.95 (39) (Prost)
  Panis         1:27.17 (28) (Prost )
  Marques       1:27.29 (62) (Minardi)
  Herbert       1:27.83 (21) (Sauber)
  Salo          1:28.71 (24) (Arrows)
  Martini       1:30.65 (20) (Minardi)

Maranello, Italy Top of Page
  • Ferrari team home track Fiorano
  • The track is revised and has two options now:
    • 2.976 kilometers
    • 2.948 kilometers
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Nicola Larini 1:00.17 (set 12-18)
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Michael Schumacher 0:59.01 (set 05-02)

Thursday December 4, 1997
  Larini        1:02.35 (Ferrari - '97 tyre) (total 99 laps) 
  Larini        1:04.77 ('98 tyre)

Wednesday December 3, 1997
  Larini        1:03.72 (Ferrari - '97 tyre) (total 64 laps)
  Larini        1:05.16 ('98 tyre)


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