Three weeks to go. Red Bull Junior Team well prepared before the season will start at sao paolo. 

Ricardo Mauricio fastest man on day one;
patrick friesacher fourth on wednesday and third on thursday afternoon. 

Ricardo M.: "we are on the right way, but we still have to learn a lot about the new lola! “

Three weeks before the new season will start at Brazil, the F3000 community came to Imola for another official FIA-tests.

Ricardo Mauricio set pace a day one, when Patrick Friesacher was fourth, just two tenth of a second behind the Red Bull team-mate from Brazil. 

Yesterday, both drivers had some set-up problems in the morning.  

Ricardo M.:” We had some problems with the new tyres. We both didn’t feel any difference in between old and new tyres. We still have al lot of work, to understand all the details of the new Lola! But the team is quite confident just three weeks before the season will start at my home Grand Prix! “ 

Late in the afternoon, Patrick Friesacher found himself back on top of the field, when he fixed third-fastest time of session 4. “I could have been much quicker, but I had a bad mistake at my fastest lap! 

Fastest man of Imola – Rodrigo Sperafico (Durango): 1.36,879! 

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