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| Panis logs Thursday's best test time Reuters | |||
BARCELONA -- Olivier Panis returned
to testing for British American Racing at the Circuit de
Catalunya on Thursday and set the quickest lap time of the day.
Frenchman Panis, who joined BAR from McLaren in the close
season, completed 72 laps with a best lap of one minute 19.764
seconds.
Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello was second-quickest as he
worked on the team's new Bridgestone tires. The Brazilian driver
recorded a best lap of 1:20.282.
Italian Jarno Trulli was third, fractionally ahead of Sauber
drivers Nick Heidfeld and Kimi Raikkonen.
Enrique Bernoldi made his debut as an official Arrows driver
and showed his potential by beating Jacques Villeneuve's BAR,
Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams and Giancarlo Fisichella for
Benetton.
Montoya drove in the new Williams FW23 car for the first
time and, despite some problems with the V10 BMW engine, enjoyed
the experience.
"The car felt really good," Montoya said. "I spent the day
doing some setup work but my running was limited as I was
stopped by some minor engine problems."
Fisichella drove Benetton's new B201 car for the first time
in the afternoon after setting his best time in last year's B200
in the morning.
The B201 was livery free as the team will launch their new
car on February 6 in Venice.
Times:
1. Olivier Panis (France) BAR 1:19.764
2. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Ferrari 1:20.282
3. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Jordan 1:20.389
4. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) Sauber 1:20.429
5. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Sauber 1:20.719
6. Enrique Bernoldi (Brazil) Arrows 1:21.001
7. Jacques Villeneuve (Canada) BAR 1:21.175
8. Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) Williams 1:21.601
9. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Benetton 1:21.689
10. Jenson Button (Britain) Benetton 1:22.354
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