Updated: 23 February 1998, 20:30 GMT
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20:15 GMT
Location : SILVERSTONE, England
Six days after officially launching their 1998 car, the Arrows team proved the surprise package on the opening day of the final pre-season Formula One test at Silverstone on Monday with the quickest time against two of the front-running teams.
Brazilian Pedro Diniz, driving the new John Barnard-designed Arrows A19, overcame the wet conditions to set a best lap of one minute 38.93 seconds, just 0.02 of a second faster than Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella.
German Ralf Shumacher in the Jordan was third quickest with 1:39.65, while his team mate, former world champion Damon Hill of Britain, could manage only 1:39.90.
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Schumacher out to prove himself.
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20:15 GMT
Location: Mugello
Double world champion Michael Schumacher said Monday that he would like to prove himself in 1998. The German deliberately attempted to remove his rival, Canadian Villeneuve from the championship decider at Jerez in Spain.
Schumacher was widely criticized by the move. Observers belief that he will do it again this season, but Schumacher said he learned his lesson last season.
Motor sport's governing body, the FIA, took all Schumacher's points away for 1997, but many people including other drivers belief the punishment should have been harder.
The incident last season was the second attempt to remove his rival from the championship decider race. The first was in 1994 when Schumacher took former Formula One world champion Damon Hill out of the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide.
The FIA warned drivers that they would be punished severally if they attempt such a move in 1998.
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Bad weather expected at Barcelona.
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20:15 GMT
Location: Barcelona, Spain.
Weather forecasts for Tuesday at Barcelona in Spain does not look too promising. CNN reported a partly cloudy day with the possibility of rain. The low will be 2 C/36 F and the high 7 C/46 F.
Williams started a test session here on Monday, but the session could end prematurely on Tuesday if the weather conditions continue. A Williams spokesperson said Monday they might continue until Wednesday when the scheduled session ends. It might be a good time to test the Goodyear rain tyres.
Williams are working closely with Goodyear engineers to improve the tyre before the season's opening race at Melbourne in Australian on 8 March. The team beliefs that Bridgestone cars, especially the McLaren's has an advantage.
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19:40 GMT
Location : Mugello
The Ferrari Formula One team did not test on Monday, but according to the team, they will resume their test session on Tuesday at Mugello.
On Sunday, Eddie Irvine recorded a faster time than his teammate Michael Schumacher. The Irish driver posted a time of 1:27:556s, just over half a second faster than Schumacher.
On Tuesday, the team will be testing with only one F300. If both drivers will be testing, this will be the true test of who is the fastest as they will be sharing a car.
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13:40 GMT
Location: Bologna
The Minardi Formula One team launched their new car, code name M198 on Monday. The team's drivers presented the new car.
Click here for pictures of the new car.
More details later
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Last F1 team to launch 1998 car.
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11:00 GMT
Location: Bologna
Minardi is the last Formula One team to launch their 1998 car, code name M198.
Minardi's launch here is scheduled for 15:00 local time on Monday. The team's drivers Shinji Nakano, Esteban Tuero and Laurent Redon will present the new M198.
Stay with Auto Race Net for pictures of the launch.
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