Sato cheers up BAR by topping testing times


By Phil Huff
April 28 2005

In a welcome piece of good news, Takuma Sato topped the time sheets as Lucky Strike BAR Honda start testing in Ferrari's own back yard. Takuma Sato's 1:20.647 was enough to outpace team mate Anthony Davidson by just one hundredth of a second in his BAR Honda 007. Running at Mugello, Italy, the team finished ahead of the two Ferrari F2005's driven by Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, although only by one tenth of a second.

Also present at the test were Minardi, who suffered an embarrassing incident when Christijan Albers, driving the brand new PS05, collided with test driver Chanoch Nissany.

Pos Driver Team Engine Car Tyre Best Lap Gap
1 Sato BAR Honda BAR007 M 1:20.647 -.---
2 Davidson BAR Honda BAR007 M 1:20.657 0.010
3 Barrichello Ferrari Ferrari F2005 B 1:20.764 0.117
4 M Schumacher Ferrari Ferrari F2005 B 1:20.899 0.252
5 Friesacher Minardi Cosworth PS05 B 1:25.623 4.976
6 Albers Minardi Cosworth PS05 B 1:27.401 6.754
7 Nissany Minardi Cosworth PS04B B 1:39.519 18.872

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