From GMMThe top three finishers in this year's Italian Formula 3 series this week made their formula one test debuts at
Ferrari' s local Fiorano circuit, driving an
F2008 .In a joint initiative of the Maranello based team and the Italian governing body ACI-CSAI, Mirko Bortolotti, Edoardo Piscopo and Salvatore Cicatelli all got turns at the wheel of the constructors' championship-winning F2008 on Wednesday.
Formula 3 champion Bortolotti, who is just 18, achieved the extraordinary feat of beating the fully competitive benchmark lap time - just over 59 seconds - set by regular Ferrari test driver
Andrea Bertolini ."I was able to get comfortable very quickly," he told
La Gazzetta dello Sport , "because this car keeps giving you confidence."At the end I captured the record, so it could not have gone better," he added.Piscopo's best lap was a 1.00.3, while Cicatelli's best was a 1.01.2 after 33 laps.
photo: Ferrari