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| Massa continues Ferrari's test dominance Felipe Massa continued Ferrari's domination of this week's Barcelona test by setting the fastest time on day three. The Brazilian took over from team-mate Kimi Raikkonen - who had been quickest on Monday and Tuesday - this morning, and ultimately topped the timesheets with a 1m21.506s lap. Although this was four-tenths shy of Raikkonen's Monday time, the circuit was less grippy today after the heavy rain that marred yesterday's session. Dampness remained for some of the morning, and further drizzle fell briefly at lunchtime before the track dried completely in the afternoon. Mark Webber replicated his wet weather performance in dry conditions to hold second place again for Red Bull, this time just 0.3s slower than the leading Ferrari. Jarno Trulli was third for Toyota, ahead of Renault's Heikki Kovalainen and local hero Fernando Alonso, who disappointed the fans by only completing an installation lap in the rain, but managed 73 laps today as he worked on aerodynamics, cooling and systems reliability. The test had got off to a dramatic start when Nico Rosberg had an enormous accident at turn seven on only his second lap of the day. The German's Williams suffered severe front and right hand side damage, but after Rosberg was released uninjured after precautionary hospital checks. The accident was Williams' second major shunt of the week after reserve driver Kazuki Nakajima's crash on Monday, and the team has now packed up and returned to England rather than staying on for tomorrow's additional test day. Spyker also decided to skip the Thursday session as it was short of spares following Adrian Valles' sizeable accident on day one. Christijan Albers drove for the team today and felt he had made progress with the handling, but a mechanical issue with the rear of the car ended his running prematurely. "It's a shame as it took our afternoon away, but I think we can be pleased with today - overall it was a good day's work," he said. Testing times from Barcelona (Wednesday 2 May) 1. MASSA Ferrari 1m21.506s 2. WEBBER Red Bull 1m21.804s 3. TRULLI Toyota 1m22.309s 4. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m22.378s 5. ALONSO McLaren 1m22.579s 6. KUBICA BMW 1m22.653s 7. BUTTON HONDA 1m22.765s 8. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m23.027s 9. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m23.713s 10. ALBERS Spyker 1m24.870s 11. ROSBERG Williams no time Source = ITV F1 |
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