New Minardi

Again not so bright weather conditions at Estoril (Portugal) where Minardi presented their 1996 car and the drivers Pedro Lamy and Taki Inoue. Lamy did 39 laps in the new car and came to a best of 1:24.64, this was with the 1995 Ford engine in the back. Alain Prost posted a 1:23.21 in the McLaren-Mercedes. But fastest today was Damon Hill with 1:22.33 in his new Williams-Renault.

Frentzen could not continue testing the new Sauber C15 at the Barcelona (Spain) track. Frentzen did try to complete the tests but his neck was just too sore. He had made an unfortunate move with his neck and sprained a muscle. It is expected that Frentzen can't drive his car until Friday.