Ferrari roll-out 'modified' F2004.

Ferrari has completed a shakedown test of the F2004 M car that the team will use to start the 2005 Formula One season.

Andrea Bertolini completed 21 laps of the Fiorano circuit, setting a best time of 1 minute 4.287 seconds in the car - which is an updated version of the car that carried Michael Schumacher to his seventh world title.

Development testing will continue at Vairano tomorrow [Saturday].

The new model - the F2005 - is due to be launched at the end of February and should make its race debut at the Spanish Grand Prix at Catalunya on May 8.

Rubens Barrichello - Ferrari F2004
Rubens Barrichello - Ferrari F2004
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Ferrari has completed a shakedown test of the F2004 M car that the team will use to start the 2005 Formula One season.

Andrea Bertolini completed 21 laps of the Fiorano circuit, setting a best time of 1 minute 4.287 seconds in the car - which is an updated version of the car that carried Michael Schumacher to his seventh world title.

Development testing will continue at Vairano tomorrow [Saturday].

The new model - the F2005 - is due to be launched at the end of February and should make its race debut at the Spanish Grand Prix at Catalunya on May 8.

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