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Barrichello happy with new Ferrari
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-23 11:34
Ferrari's new Formula One car is clearly quicker than last year's, Brazilian
Rubens Barrichello has said after driving the F2005 for the first time.
Brazil's Rubens
Barrichello tests the new F-2005 Ferrari model at the Mugello autodrome,
Italy, Tuesday, March, 22, 2005. Ferrari scrambled Tuesday to get its new
car ready for next month's Bahrain Grand Prix.
[AP] | "Days like these always give you a nice
feeling, when you drive a new car for the first time, especially when it's a
Ferrari," said Barrichello after the test at the Mugello circuit in central
Italy.
"First impressions count and I am very happy with how it felt to drive the
F2005. It is definitely quicker than the F2004M and represents a step forward in
every area."
The Brazilian, who retired from Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix, completed 95
laps.
Ferrari have struggled in the first two races of the season after deciding to
delay the introduction of the new car and continue with a modified version of
the F2004 that won 15 of 18 races last year.
Renault's success in Australia and Malaysia is expected to spur the champions
into racing the F2005 at the next race in Bahrain rather than waiting until the
fifth round in Spain in May as originally planned.
Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn said at the weekend that the team,
chasing their seventh successive constructors championship, would decide this
week once Barrichello and Michael Schumacher have driven the car.
Seven-times world champion Schumacher, who finished seventh in Malaysia and
retired in Australia, will drive the new car for the first time on Wednesday.
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