Schumi happy with development - 21st February 18:22pm GMT

After testing ended early for Ferrari today, Michael commented on Ferrari's development over the last couple of days and what is planned later this week.

"Today, our tests at Bahrain came to an end and the last stage of pre-season preparations is coming up. Just one more week at Mugello and the 2006 season will get underway, and after all the hard work we've put in during the last couple of weeks, I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks it's about time!

Our extensive testing here at the track of Bahrain will surely not be a disadvantage. Of course the tests did not run 100% smoothly, but that's what most teams are dealing with, and that's to be expected at this time of year. The important thing was that we always knew why we had to interrupt.

Naturally we would have liked to have driven more kilometres during the last few days, but our lap-times were really encouraging, especially yesterday and the day before. And we'll have time at Mugello to take care of the rest. When we come back here for the race in just about two weeks, we should know all the basics there are to know about choice of tyres, set-up and about the new V8-engine. That's not bad, although it shouldn't be overrated, either. It looks as though we've got a better package this year than we did last year and we're all ready to compete.

Now I'm looking forward to seeing Corinna and the kids again, and I must say that I'm also happy for the whole test-team, who finally gets to go home again. They've delivered an incredible performance here over the course of the last nine days.“