Ferrari to use 'old' car in Australia
World champions Ferrari have confirmed that it will start the season using last year's car. The decision has been made because the radical new F2002, which has performed well in testing so far this year, is still not reliable enough
"The new F2002 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 reliability for the first round of the season," said sporting director 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."
Last week Michael Schumacher said he was 99 per cent certain that the team would use the new car at Melbourne. He broke the Fiorano lap record in the car's first test and at a wet Mugello yesterday (Saturday) he lapped over two seconds quicker than Sauber's Nick Heidfeld. The world champion will continue to test the new car at Imola next week, where the team will run the F2001 and F2002 side-by-side.
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