Wednesday March 21st, 2001
Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello is preparing for his home Grand Prix by taking a little time off to relax in his native Brazil.
Barrichello has already flown home to spend time with his wife and family as he plans out how to halt a dismal run of home form which has seen him retire from the last six Brazilian races.
While Barrichello relaxes and tries to acclimatise for his home race, team-mate Michael Schumacher will be in Barcelona trying to improve the Ferrari and keep the team ahead of the pack.
But Barrichello will keep in constant contact with the Ferrari squad, and calls the team every day to speak to Ross Brawn, Jean Todt, and his race engineer, to make sure he knows how the developments are progressing.