Schumacher's test
hampered by rain
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By Jonathan Noble |
Tuesday, January 12th 2010, 16:51 GMT |
 Michael
Schumacher's return to action in the GP2 development test at Jerez
in Spain was cut short by bad weather on Tuesday.
The seven-time champion, who is making a
Formula 1 comeback this year with Mercedes GP, managed to complete
52 laps on the first day of the scheduled three-day run before poor
weather forced him to bring running to a premature halt.
Despite the weather, Schumacher was pleased
to have got at least a little experience under his belt in the test
aimed at acclimatising him back to F1 speeds - and also providing
GP2 with some feedback on its car.
"The day today was good especially because
after a long time I could drive again in a car that came almost
close to a current Formula 1. Despite the weather not being what we
all would have liked all my senses were nevertheless on full alert -
this alone was worth it," he said.
"I felt comfortable out on the track from
the very beginning, and naturally I'd like to thank our Team and the
GP2 series very much for the opportunity to drive."
GP2 Series Technical director Didier
Perrin, who is overseeing the test as part of the development
programme for 2011, added: "It is unfortunate that the weather
conditions were far from optimal today.
"Still, Michael could get a good first
taste of our car and has already managed to analyse the performance
and behaviour of current car. Tomorrow, we hope for better weather
and a dryer track which should allow us to move along with our
programme and start working together on set up solutions for 2011."
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