Barcelona, day 1: Pantano tops
Last year's Formula 3000 International finale winner Giorgio Pantano set the pace for Super Nova on the first day of testing at Barcelona in Spain today (Tuesday)
The Italian, who has yet to confirm his deal for 2002, lapped in 1m29.94s to outpace Ricardo Sperafico (Petrobras), Enrico Toccacelo (Coloni) and Patrick Friesacher (Red Bull).
Tony Schmidt was the surprise package of the day, the German Formula 3 graduate breaking into the top five in testing for the first time this year for the new PSM team.
Estoril pacesetter Tomas Enge was only seventh fastest for Arden, but only used one set of new tyres today. His team-mate Bjorn Wirdheim was ninth fastest, but struck trouble when his fuel pump broke.
The test concludes tomorrow (Wednesday), and the bright, sunny conditions are expected to continue.
Giorgio Pantano Super Nova 1m29.94s
Ricardo Sperafico Petrobras 1m30.22s
Enrico Toccacelo Coloni 1m30.44s
Patrick Friesacher Red Bull 1m30.50s
Tony Schmidt PSM 1m30.53s
Alex Muller Durango 1m30.78s
Tomas Enge Arden 1m30.95s
Zsolt Baumgartner Nordic 1m30.98s
Bjorn Wirdheim Arden 1m31.15s
Ricardo Mauricio Red Bull 1m31.28s
Rob Nguyen Astromega 1m31.56s
Antonio Pizzonia Petrobras 1m31.60s
Ryan Briscoe Nordic 1m31.71s
Nicolas Kiesa PSM 1m31.91s
Mario Haberfeld Astromega 1m31.97s
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