Jerez test - day one: 8 December.
BAR-Hon꧑da driver Takuma Sato set the pace tod☂ay [Monday] at wet Jerez.
Taku complete🐻d 51 laps in total, his best a 1 minute 25.938 seconds, around four tenths up on Felipe Massa, who was second.
Massa spent the day tyre testing, however unlike last week, he was running with the Sauber-Petronas C23 - as opposed to the Ferrari F2003-GA. The Brazilian who tested for the Scuderia this year, will return to racing in 2004, when he re-joins Peter Sauber's Swiss squad. This was his first test with the team, since confirmation back in Octob🙈er, that he would join Sauber next season.
BAR-Honda driver Takuma Sato set the pace today🥃 💎[Monday] at wet Jerez.
Taku completed 51 laps in tota🍃l, his best a 1 minute 25.93ꩲ8 seconds, around four tenths up on Felipe Massa, who was second.
Massa spent the day tyre testing, however unlike last week, he was running with the Sauber-Petronas C23 - as opposed to the Ferrari F2003-GA. The Brazilian who tested for the Scuderia this year, will return to racing in 2004, when he re-joins Peter Sauber's Swiss squad. This was his first test with the team, since confirmatio👍n back in October, that he would join Sauber next season.
Luca Badoer meanwhile was third for Ferrari, the Italian completing just 12 laps in the F2003-GA due to th♍e adver𝔍se weather conditions, with occasional rain arriving from the end of the morning onwards.
Anthony Davidson was the onl♌y other runner on track, his best a 1m 26.74♕8s.
Testing continues at Jerez tomorrow [Tuesday].
Leading times (8 December) - Jerez:
1. Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1m 25.938s 51 laps M
2. Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1m 26.273s 36 laps B
3. Luca Badoer Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 26.291s 12 laps B
4. Anthony Davidson BAR-Honda 1m 26.748s 69 laps M
M - denotes Michelin tyres
B - denotes Bridgestone tyres
Weather / track conditions: Overcast then rain.
