Laguna Seca Lap Record Unofficially Broken in Ferrari F2003

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test driver Marc Gene has set an unofficial lap record of Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, in a Ferrari F2003-GAFerrari F2003-GAItaly, 2003 > 20034 photos
. His time of 1:05.78 was set during the Ferrari Racing Days that included laps for Ferrari XXFerrari 599XXItaly, 2009 > 20103 photos
owners.

The previous lap records for Laguna Seca are slightly cloudy. The official record is a 1:07.722 held by Helio Castroneves set in qualifying during the 2000 Champ Car race at the track.

However, in August 2006 Ricardo Zonta tested a Toyota Formula 1Toyota TF106Japan, 2006 > present2 photos
car around the track and did a 1:06.039, and in 2007 Sébastien Bourdais did a 1:05.880 during Champ Car pre-season testing. Officially, a lap record can only be set during a race weekend, which is why Bourdais' and Zonta's times are not considered. Gene's time will also not be considered a new lap record at the 2.238 mile course for the same reason. 

Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello raced the F2003-GA, which was named for the deceased head of Fiat Gianni Agnelli. The car had seven wins and five poles that season and won Ferrari the Drivers' Championship and Constructors' Championship.