Ferrari duo quickest in practice 1

Massa lapped the Barcelona circuit in 1:15.796 to beat his German teammate Michael Schumacher by three tenths of a second.

Both Ferrari drivers set their laptimes late in the session, which began on a damp but drying track after earlier rain and saw just nine drivers post an official time.

Behind Massa and seven-time world champion Schumacher were Williams test driver Alex Wurz, BMW Sauber's tester Robert Kubica, Anthony Davidson - Honda's test driver.

The only race driver to set an official time besides the Ferrari men was Super Aguri's Takuma Sato.

World champion Fernando Alonso failed to give his home fans what they wanted as the Renault driver did just his usual single installation lap before returning to his pit garage.

Frenchman Franck Montagny had a poor opening session as his Super Aguri ground to a halt on his third lap of the track with smoke rising from his car.

Pos  Driver        Team                     Time              Laps
 1.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:15.796           4
 2.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             (B)  1:16.099 + 0.303   4
 3.  Wurz          Williams-Cosworth   (B)  1:16.125 + 0.329  21
 4.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:16.628 + 0.832  21
 5.  Davidson      Honda               (M)  1:16.961 + 1.165  24
 6.  Doornbos      Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:17.424 + 1.628  20
 7.  Jani          Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:19.720 + 3.924  20
 8.  Mondini       MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:20.708 + 4.912  21
 9.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:20.744 + 4.948   9
10.  Montagny      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  No time            3
11.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  No time            3
12.  Webber        Williams-Cosworth   (B)  No time            1
13.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  No time            1
14.  Albers        MF1-Toyota          (B)  No time            1
15.  Rosberg       Williams-Cosworth   (B)  No time            1
16.  Monteiro      MF1-Toyota          (B)  No time            1
17.  R.Schumacher  Toyota              (B)  No time            1
18.  Button        Honda               (M)  No time            1
19.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  No time            1
20.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber          (M)  No time            1
21.  Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  No time            1
22.  Villeneuve    BMW-Sauber          (M)  No time            2
23.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  No time            1
24.  Klien         Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  No time            1
25.  Barrichello   Honda               (M)  No time            1
26.  Alonso        Renault             (M)  No time            2
27.  Fisichella    Renault             (M)  No time            2
28.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  No time

All Timing Unofficial