Benetton
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jenson Button

British American Racing
Jacques Villeneuve
Olivier Panis

Ferrari
M. Schumacher
Rubens Barrichello

Jaguar
Eddie Irvine
Luciano Burti

Jordan
H. H. Frentzen
Jarno Trulli

McLaren
Mika Hakkinen
David Coulthard

Minardi
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Fernando Alonzo

Prost
Jean Alesi
Gaston Mazzacane

Sauber
Nick Heidfeld
Kimi Raikkonen

Toyota
Mika Salo (Test Driver)
Allan McNish(Test Drive)

Williams
Ralf Schumacher
Juan Montoya

WILLIAMS: TESTING AT KYALAMI (3rd - 36 points)
The BMW Williams team began testing at Kyalami on Thursday with both Ralf Schumacher and Juan Montoya. The team has two FW23s on hand in South Africa and will be there for a week carrying out hot weather testing in preparation for the Australian Grand Prix. On the first day Schumacher completed 40 laps for a best time of 1m 21.909s with Montoya 1sec slower as he familiarized himself with the circuit. Commented Williams technical director Patrick Head; "We had a useful day with both cars. Juan Pablo has been familiarizing himself with the track and has done a good job. We've done some productive work and we've learned a lot about cooling and high temperatures. The lap times relative to our previous visit last year are quite good and we are also quite pleased with the performance of the Michelin tires."

BENETTON: TESTING STARTS WITH B201 (4th - 20 points)
Giancarlo Fisichella began testing at Estoril on Wednesday with the new Benetton B201, a day after a partially completed sister car was unveiled with some style in St Marks Square, Venice. On the first day out with the new car, Fisichella managed 67 laps for a best time of 1m 24.585s in changeable weather conditions at the Portuguese circuit. Commented technical director Mike Gascoyne; "We are very pleased with today's running. We have made progress each day we have run the new car and we are on target with the development program, so things are looking positive." On Thursday Fisichella continued to work on engine mapping while the circuit was still wet, but during that program there was a minor engine problem which necessitated fitting a fresh V10 and curtailed its running for the day after posting a 1m 23.055s best. Test driver Mark Webber drove the Benetton B200 after Jenson Button was sidelined with a stomach complaint. The Australian worked on a Michelin tire program and managed a 1m 21.925s best.

BAR: ALSO IN SOUTH AFRICA (5th - 20 points)
Together with Williams, BAR-Honda flew a car to Kyalami for high temperature tests. "We did have a slow day," reported a spokesperson after Olivier Panis managed a 1m 23.928s best, two seconds slower than Ralf Schumacher.

JORDAN: ZONTA AT SILVERSTONE (6th - 17 points)
The Jordan-Honda squad was the sole team testing at Silverstone on Thursday where Ricardo Zonta completed 15 laps during the morning while the team concentrated on oil system development tests and practice pit stops with the new regulation refuelling rigs. Freezing and wet weather conditions caused the team to finish the test earlier than planned and the team will resume testing next Monday at Valencia.

ARROWS: BERNOLDI QUICK AT ESTORIL (7th - 7 points)
The Arrows team started an intensive test program at Estoril on Wednesday with Jos Verstappen driving the new A22 and new recruit Enrique Bernoldi handling the interim A21B. Conditions were far from ideal with intermittent rain throughout the day, but the team reported that it made" constructive progress." Bernoldi, in particular, found the right time to be on the circuit late in the afternoon and duly set the fastest time of the day on 1m 22.994s and also managed to check out wet weather settings in the changeable conditions. Verstappen covered 41 laps in the new A22 for a best of 1m 24.556s and there were no significant problems with the new car. On Thursday Bernoldi managed a 1m 21.506s while Verstappen posted a 1m 23.190s.

SAUBER: TESTS AT VAIRANO (8th - 6 points)
The Sauber-Petronas team was carrying out aerodynamic tests with its C20 at Vairano in Italy this week, although Kimi Raikkonen arrived late for the start on Wednesday due to an airline strike in Belgium. Both he and Nick Heidfeld will be testing their C20s at Valencia from next Monday to Wednesday. The team finished last weekend's Barcelona test on an upbeat note with Heidfeld recording a 1m 19.15s best, despite customs problems preventing the arrival of additional components from Switzerland in time for the test.

JAGUAR: LAUDA JOINS THE TEAM (9th - 4 points)
Jaguar's testing program took second place this week to news that former triple World Champion Niki Lauda has been appointed as the CEO of Ford's new Premier Performance division. His responsibilities are to ensure that engine suppliers Cosworth, electronics specialists Pi and Jaguar Racing are all moving in the same direction, leaving Bobby Rahal to concentrate on running the F1 team on a day-to-day basis. "I see Niki as an ally of mine as we help to pull Jaguar Racing to the success that we all want," said Rahal. "He certainly has a great deal of experience in F1 and a tremendous amount of insight. I'm sure he will have a lot of impact and I'm sure it will be great working with him."

MINARDI: ALONSO SIGNS UP (10th - 0 points)
European Minardi have disclosed that Fernando Alonso will be their first driver with European F3000 driver Andrea Piccini as test driver. Two cars are presently being completed, but as they have to leave for Australia on February 23 it is unlikely that there will be time to test them although a brief shakedown is possible.