Fisichella at Spa; Testing update
© 1997 ATLAS F1
Saturday June 21, 1997
Giancarlo Fisichella will be driving a Peugeot 406 at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend. He is participating in the Procar Trophy Championship.
Testing update
- Arrows*
The Arrows team did some tyre testing for Bridgestone on the Silverstone circuit. The team did some tests with the Spec D Yamaha engine.
- Benetton
Benetton was testing parts for the French Grand Prix.
- Ferrari
Ferrari was working to improve the 046/2 engine. They also tried out the new grooved tyres for the 1998 season.
- Jordan
The Jordan team was testing a new damper and differential. Fisichella did have a gearbox problem. The gearbox was replaced.
- McLaren
The McLaren team was testing the new Mercedes engine but saw a lot of engine changes because of failing parts.
- Prost
The Prost team was testing new drivers to replace Olivier Panis. The driver were Jarno Trulli and Emmanuel Collard.
- Sauber
The Sauber team was testing for the French Grand Prix but because of the unfortunate accident with Morbidelli, he broke his left fore arm, the session was cut short.
- Stewart*
Stewart worked on the new V10 Ford engine and some Bridgestone tyre testing.
- Williams
The Williams team was testing for the French Grand Prix.
* testing at Silverstone the others at Magny-Cours
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