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Tuesday, 14th February 2006

Veteran Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer set the pace at the Bahrain International Circuit for the second successive day on Tuesday.

"Yesterday Scott Speed ran 82 trouble-free laps and we achieved our goal of giving him the chance to learn the car, the circuit and start work on setup for the Bahrain Grand Prix," noted STR team principal, Franz Tost. "Today Tonio Liuzzi took over the car and we managed to get in some set-up work and long runs but our race simulation was unfortunately cut short with the gearbox problems.

"So far we are very happy with the test though. Tomorrow Neel Jani will get his first run in the car and we are all looking forward to that, then sadly Thursday is our last day here. It's sad because we really want to stay! This test, we expect, will give us an advantage over our rivals who are back in the cold in Europe. As a team it is also very important to be here now because we are approaching the very first Grand Prix for Scuderia Toro Rosso and we are really seeing the team come together here."

Testing now continues at the BIC on Wednesday.

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Leading times (14 February) - Bahrain:

Luca Badoer Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 31.225s 62 laps B
Jenson Button Honda-Honda 1m 31.453s 87 laps M *
Rubens Barrichello Honda-Honda 1m 31.489s 107 laps M *
Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 31.905s 68 laps B *
Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1m 32.702s 69 laps M


[M denotes Michelin tyres / B denotes Bridgestone tyres / * denotes 2006 car.]


Track conditions / weather: Dry / partially cloudy.

All times unofficial.


Comparative lap times:

Bahrain GP 2005:

Fastest lap: Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1min 31.447secs

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