Schumacher unsure about Ferrari Release Date

Ferrari said the new car will be presented on February 10th but Michael Schumacher is not so sure. He said at a press conference at the Indykart-Cup in the Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart (Germany): "I hope the new car will be ready mid February." Schumacher is present at this event just 'for fun'. He will be competing against drivers like: Karl Wendlinger, Christian Danner and Ellen Löhr.

Schumacher had to park his kart beside the track due to a technical fault only twelve laps before the end of the race. Schumacher was leading. Formula Three driver Wolf Henzer won the race.

Ferrari has concluded their test program at Le Castellet (France) today. Ferrari had suffered bad weather conditions all week. Eddie Irvine drove with the same evolution V-10 engine, the most recent, as Schumacher had done earlier this week, on Friday and Saturday. This was again on a wet track without having any real problems. Irvine drove a total of 360 km. After the tests Irvine had to say: "I am very happy with these two days at Le Castellet. There was a huge improvement in the engine: it is more and more driveable and powerful."