09/08/2005
NEWS STORY
Today (Tuesday), was the first day of testing this week for Ferrari, which was working at the Fiorano circuit.
Marc Gene took to the track at the wheel of an F2004 fitted with the new 2.4 lite V8 engine. As reported previously on Pitpass, Ferrari has previously run a V8 configuration in a V10 engine casing.
This is the first time that the V8 has been tried on-track.
Today's Times
| Name | Team | T | Laps | Time | Gap |
| Gene | Ferrari | B | 38 | 0:59.966 | 111.015 mph |
Best Times To Date
| Date | Driver | Team | T | Time | Gap |
| 17-May | M Schumacher | Ferrari | B | 0:57.146 | 116.493 mph |
| 03-May | Badoer | Ferrari | B | 0:57.424 | 0.278 |
| 21-Mar | Gene | Ferrari | B | 0:57.796 | 0.650 |
| 26-Apr | Massa | Sauber | M | 0:57.870 | 0.724 |
| 13-Apr | Barrichello | Ferrari | B | 0:57.904 | 0.758 |
| 28-Apr | Villeneuve | Sauber | M | 0:58.647 | 1.501 |
| 20-Jan | Bertolini | Ferrari | B | 1:04.287 | 7.141 |