FEBRUARY 13, 2001

Prost top times in Estoril

THE Prost and Benetton teams continued testing at Estoril on Tuesday, with the French team's tester Pedro De La Rosa fastest of the day on his debut.

The Spaniard beat Prost's other driver Gaston Mazzacane by nearly two seconds as each driver clocked up nearly 100 laps each.

Benetton's Jenson Button continued to put laps on their new B201 car, but his test was cut short when engine problems ended his day.

Tuesday's testing times from Estoril:

POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1  Pedro De La Rosa Prost 1:20.399 2  Gaston Mazzacane Prost 1:22.124 3  Jenson Button Benetton 1:23.001