14 February 2002

Day one of testing for the FIA International Formula 3000 runners at Estoril in Portugal produced some stunning times for Brask Management drivers Alex Müller and Giorgio Pantano.

Müller, who was a front runner in the European 3000 Championship last year, topped the sheets in his outing with the Durango team. Giorgio Pantano, who won the closing race of last year's international campaign, was fourth quickest in the Super Nova run car.

Estoril, day 1 - Top 12

1 Alex Müller (Brask Management) Durango 1m29.77s
2 Tomas Enge Arden 1m29.78s
3 Mario Haberfeld Astromega 1m29.85
4 Giorgio Pantano (Brask Management) Super Nova 1m29.86s
5 Tiago Monteiro Super Nova 1m30.33s
6 Ricardo Sperafico Petrobras 1m30.52s
7 Zsolt Baumgartner Nordic 1m30.52s
8 Rodrigo Sperafico Durango 1m30.81s
9 Ryan Briscoe Nordic 1m30.81s
10 Ricardo Mauricio Red Bull 1m30.82s
11 Antonio Pizzonia Petrobras 1m30.88s
12 Rob Nguyen Astromega 1m30.94s

The test continued on Wednesday 13th. Former Prost Grand Prix driver Thomas Enge used his experience to record the day's fastest time. Brask Management backed Alex Müller again impressed in his first test at this level. The German star, who was fastest in Tuesday's session, set the fourth quickest time outpacing his Durango team mate Rodrigo Sperafico and many other highly rated runners.

Estoril, day 2 - top 12

1 Tomas Enge Arden 1m28.82s
2 Mario Haberfeld Astromega 1m29.14s
3 Sebastien Bourdais Super Nova 1m29.19s
4 Alex Müller Durango 1m29.20s
5 Bjorn Wirdheim Arden 1m29.36s
6 Antonio Pizzonia Petrobras 1m29.42s
7 Ryan Briscoe Nordic 1m29.52s
8 Rodrigo Sperafico Durango 1m29.61s
9 Nicholas Kiesa PSM 1m29.83s
10 Ricardo Sperafico Petrobras 1m29.90s
11 Patrick Friesacher Red Bull 1m30.23s
12 Enrico Toccacelo Coloni 1m30.52s