BULLETIN No 3

SUNDAY 28/04/02 - WARM-UP

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Bright, hazy. TRACK: 13-16-deg/AIR 14-16 deg

2001 POLE POSITION: MICHAEL SCHUMACHER (FERRARI), 1min 18.201sec.

2001 RACE FASTEST LAP: MICHAEL SCHUMACHER (FERRARI), 1min 21.151sec.

Rubens Barrichello set fastest time in the warm-up ahead of Nick Heidfeld after a performance which again underlined Bridgestone's perceived performance edge at Barcelona. Michael Schumacher was third despite an hydraulic failure while Felipe Massa and Heinz-Harald Frentzen were next up.

SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO (1^ST Barrichello/3^rd M. Scvhumacher)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: Michael did two runs in his spare F2002 before switching to the race car which stopped out on the circuit with an hydraulic failure. Barrichello said the car was very good and well balanced and he felt very confident.

Quotes: Jean Todt: "We have no worries about potential performance, but we are a little concerned about reliability."

SAUBER PETRONAS (2^nd Heidfeld/4^th Massa)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: Heidfeld was extremely happy with the feel of the car, trying a few laps in the spare C21 early in the session. Massa was quite satisfied although concerned about the potentially high level of tyre degradation.

Quotes: Heidfeld: "We hope to be challenging for points this afternoon."

ORANGE ARROWS (5^th Frentzen/7^th Bernoldi)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: Frentzen tried the race car and the spare A23 with no problems but Bernoldi pulled up on the circuit with an hydraulic failure.

Quotes: Frentzen: "The car feels good with a heavy load of fuel and should be good in the race."

BMW WILLIAMSF1 TEAM (6^th R. Schumacher/12^th Montoya)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: Spare car for Montoya. Schumacher reported that his FW24 felt nervous on the limit, but believes he can alter the set-up tp improve things. Montoya made some set-up adjustments and changed tyre pressures.

Quotes: Schumacher: "We will have our work cut getting close to Ferrari today."

LUCKY STRIKE BAR HONDA (8^th Panis/13^th Villeneuve)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: Routine warm-up session with no real problems. Panis not 100 per cent comfortable with his car which was still slightly lacking grip. Villeneuve's machine still displaying lack of rear-end stability.

Quotes: Villeneuve: "It's going to be a bit of a struggle today in the midfield."

DHL JORDAN HONDA (9^th Sato/11^th Fisichella)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: No problems with either car with Fisichella carrying out long runs to finalise race set-up. Sato tried two different set-ups and has chosen the one he intends to use for the race.

Quotes: Sato: "I managed to get the set-up adjusted so that the car feels much less nervous."

MILD SEVEN RENAULT F1 TEAM (10^th Button/18^th Trulli)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: The spare R202 which Trulli used for qualifying yesterday is now designated his race car while the race chassis is now designated the spare and was briefly tried by Button. Button happy with his own A23.

Quotes: Button: "It would be good to stay ahead of at least one of the McLarens to the end of the race."

WEST McLAREN MERCEDES (14^th Raikkonen/16^th Coulthard)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: Both cars run with worn tyres and heavy fuel loads. Neither driver reported any problems and Coulthard briefly used the spare MP4/17.

Quotes: Ron Dennis: "There were no technical glitches and the cars were very heavy in the trim we ran them."

PANASONIC TOYOTA RACING (15^th Salo/21^st McNish)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: McNish found a good race set-up although he admitted that the TF102 still lacks aero downforce. Salo did a couple of laps in the spare car while rear suspension problems were rectified on his race chassis.

Quotes: Salo: "This looks like being a pretty tough race for us."

JAGUAR RACING (17^th de la Rosa/19^th Irvine)

Technical: No technical changes for the cars today.

Sporting: Nothing significant to report although Irvine was put to the back of the grid after a fuel sample was found not to match the finger-print of the sample lodged with the FIA. De la Rosa tried the spare car.

Quotes: Niki Lauda: "The FIA has penalised Jaguar Racing for a discrepancy between the two samples and not because of any perceived performance advantage gained."

KL MINARDI ASIATECH (20^th Webber/22^nd Yoong)

Technical: Front wings/nose sections flown back to Faenza for modifications and strengthening after yesterday's failures.

Sporting: Webber spun off at first turn after losing rear wing on the main straight due to a stress fracture. After detailed technical examination it was decided to withdraw both Minardis from the race on grounds of safety.