US F2000 driver tests Formula 3000 car

FAIRFIELD, N.J. (October 29, 2001)— This past week U.S. F2000 National
Championship driver Arnold Brinkmann participated in a FIA Formula 3000
International Championship test.

Brinkmann contested the two-day test with Italian-based Coloni Motorsport.
Running on the challenging 2.71-mile Estoril road course in Portugal,
Brinkmann used the first test day to become acclimated to the 500 horsepower
car. On the second day he posted a quick time of 1:33.720 (104.097 mph),
seventh quickest in the session.

From 1987 to 1991 Coloni Motorsport competed in Formula 1 with such drivers
as Alex Caffi, Gabriele Tarquini and Roberto Moreno. After leaving Formula
1, Coloni Motorsport has competed in Italian Formula 3, as well as Formula
3000.

Brinkmann has raced in U.S. F2000 for the past three years. In 29 career
starts, he has captured nine top-10 finishes and two top-five finishes,
which he scored this past year.

The U.S. F2000 National Championship resumes its training of the world’s
best young drivers with a pre-season winter test, December 11-13, 2001 at
Roebling Road in Savannah, Georgia.