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Hou er dus wel rekening mee dat we de f1 2002 nog niet in actie zullen zien:

Ferrari to race 2001 car!

After weeks of speculation, the Ferrari team announced this evening that they are to run their modified 2001 chassis at the first Grand Prix of the season and not the brand new F2002 that they unveiled last week at Maranello.

The decision was taken this afternoon in Maranello, after an in-depth analysis of the data accumulated during the F2002's first development days.

"The new car has proved to be very quick right from the start, but we do not have sufficient time at our disposal to be entirely sure about its total reliability for the first round of the season," said team boss Jean Todt. "Therefore, we have decided to go to Melbourne with the F2001, which even in this winter's tests, has proved to be very competitive and reliable. We think it will be able to bring home valuable points for the championship. Next week, we will continue our on-track development of the F2002, as well as fine tuning the F2001 for the first race."

Defending Champion Michael Schumacher had been confident that the team would run the new chassis from the outset and initial testing has certainly indicated that the new machine has the pace with the German setting two new lap records at Fiorano. It seems that reliability concerns combined with the heat of the Australian Grand Prix have pushed the Italian Champions towards the ‘safer’ option.

Ferrari will continue working with the F2002 at Mugello tomorrow with Michael Schumacher behind the wheel. From Monday, the team will begin a three-day test at Imola using both the F2002 and the F2001.

bron: www.daily-f1.com