Barcelona, 11th March

After another difficult morning the rest of the day went very well for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, busy at the penultimate day with the preparations for the Championship's start at Melbourne. Felipe Massa, sitting today behind the wheel of the Ferrari F60 after Kimi Raikkonen tested over the last two days, compared different setup options in the morning and conducted a real race weekend simulation, with qualifying, race and pit stops.

The day didn't start very well. During Massa's first run he had to stop next to the track, due to a hydraulic problem. The reparation work took until noon and the Team immediately started with the simulation of the three qualifying sessions. But this part also didn't go smoothly, although this time it wasn't the Scuderia's fault. The red flag (Buemi) prevented the Team from completing the qualifying. After the lunch break Felipe started the race simulation and completed it successfully, in contrast to Kimi's attempt yesterday. Felipe drove 109 laps, the best in a time of 1.20.168, the second fastest time of the day, just behind the surprisingly fast Brawn GP with Jenson Button.

The Scuderia's winter tests will end tomorrow on this track, again with Felipe Massa behind the wheel.

These are today's lap times:
Button (Brawn GP), 1.19.127 (130)
Massa (Ferrari), 1.20.168 (109)
Kubica (BMW), 1.20.217 (114)
Glock (Toyota), 1.20.410 (132)
Alonso (Renault), 1.20.863 (107)
Vettel (Red Bull), 1.21.165 (102)
Rosberg (Williams), 1.21.324 (89)
Fisichella (Force India), 1.21.545 (97)
Buemi (Toro Rosso), 1.21.569 (145)
Hamilton (McLaren), 1.21.657 (86)