Vallelunga (I), 23rd November 2002

A free promotional test organised by International Promotion and the ESTA (Euro Series Team Association). Invited drivers were allocated to a team, each running the same standard set-up. Each driver was allocated runs of about 2+7+7 laps. No official results or detailed lap times were released, but times varied from 1:05.60 to 1:09.00.

Teams and drivers participating (all in Lola B99/50-Zytek): ADM Motorsport: Jeroen Bleekemolen (NL), Davide Di Benedetto (I), Diego Freitas (BR), Daniel Scandian (BR), Angelo Serafim (BR); Draco Junior Team: Sam Hancock (GB), Sven Heidfeld (D), Rodrigo Ribeiro (BR), Maxime Soulet (B); Scuderia Famà: Alessandro Cadeddu (I), Ernani Judice (BR), Nicky Pastorelli (NL), Andrea Scafuro (I), Jeremy Toti (F); GP Racing: Wagner Ebrahim (BR), Matteo Meneghello (I), Leonardo Orecchioni (I), Roman Rusinov (RUS), Toni Vilander (SF); Team Ghinzani: Michelangelo Comazzi (CH), Allam Khodair (BR), Olivier Muytjens (B), Filipe Silva (BR); Great Wall Racing: Davide Amaduzzi (I), Matteo Cressoni (I), Matteo Malucelli (I), Michele Rugolo (I), Rafael Sperafico (BR), Colin Brown (GB) (?*); R&M Euronova Racing: Philip Giebler (USA), Alvaro Parente (P), Carlos Pereira (BR), Giorgio Sernagiotto (I), Alessandro Tonoli (I); Victory Engineering: Colin Brown (GB) (?*), Mauro Contu (I), Lucas Lasserre (F), Thiago Medeiros (BR), Marcello Thomaz (BR).

*Brown definitely ran with Great Wall Racing (perhaps only on the following test day, the 24th), but apparently also drove for Victory Engineering on the 23rd.

Vallelunga (I), 24th November 2002

Pos

Driver

Team

Car/Engine

Time

Laps

1*

Augusto Farfus (BR)

Draco Junior Team

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:04.20*

?

2*

Fabrizio del Monte (I)

GP Racing

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:04.81*

?

3*

Roman Rusinov (RUS)

GP Racing

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:04.90*

?

4

"Babalus" (I)

Scuderia Famà

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:05.10

?

5

Colin Brown (GB)

Great Wall Racing

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:05.44

?

6

Gabriele Gardel (CH)

Draco Junior Team

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:05.50

?

7

Matteo Pellegrino (I)

Victory Engineering

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:05.52

?

8

Rafael Sperafico (BR)

ADM Motorsport

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:05.60

?

9

Matteo Malucelli (I)

Great Wall Racing

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:05.72

?

10

Rodrigo Ribeiro (BR)

Draco Junior Team

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:06.92

?

11

Matteo Cressoni (I)

Victory Engineering

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:08.00

?

12

Olivier Muytjens (B)

ADM Motorsport

Lola B99/50-Zytek

1:08.60

?

*Times set using new 2003-spec Avon tyres.

Vairano (I), ~11th March 2003

Pos

Driver

Team

Car/Engine

Time

Laps

1

Augusto Farfus (BR)

Draco Junior Team

Lola B99/50-Zytek

54.3s

?

2

Sven Heidfeld (D)

Draco Junior Team

Lola B99/50-Zytek

54.5

?