Michael Schumacher's private test session

I don't know if they would or not. Ferrari has a wing of the business that maintains old F1 cars for people to drive, so Michael got one from that fleet.

Toro Rosso operates on the cheap, so I'm not sure they would maintain an old car enough for Alguersauri to drive it. I assume he would have been allowed to, just as Michael was. The expense may also be a factor, particularly since they have no expectations for Alguersauri -- though they did do a straight line test with him. I don't know how those expenses would compare.

 

FIA is looking at whether Schumi's ride violated the test ban:

http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5466849,00.html

Apparently it's the GP2 slick tires that most concern them.

 

Ferrari is asking teams to allow it to skirt around the in-year testing ban, but not everyone is on board.

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http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03082009/58/red-bull-join-williams-against-schumacher.html

Personally I think it would be interesting to see how quickly Schumi could get up to pace race weekend without prior testing in this year's car. How much of a team player would Kimi be?

 

Schumacher only reports minor neck pain after testing session. So if that's the case, he should be good to go. The man has suffered a broken leg in the past. Neck pain isn't going to faze him. This is a good deal for Spa too. A couple of years ago they were rumored to be off the circuit and now they are expecting 70,000 fans. Good for them. Great track.