The problems the Benetton team had seem to be over. Berger was second yesterday and Alesi was second today with a 1:20.26. But at the top was Mika Hakkinen in the McLaren he posted a best time of 1:19.65, a new testing record. Verstappen did very well, he improved almost two seconds over yesterday's time (1:21.92). It also went very well with Michael Schumacher today, he drove the planned Grand Prix distance. The new V10, in the 412 T2 chassis, did a total of 453 km with a best of 1:21.08. It only had a bad ending: when he drove into his pitbox the car caught fire but major damage could be prevented because the firemen were very close.
Irvine tested the F 310 at Fiorano (Italy) and did 51 laps with a best of 1:03.28. The new car will be flown to Estoril tonight.