Ferrari duo back on top in Bahrain

Brazilian Massa was also the busiest man today, covering a total of 102 laps to finish over three tenths of a second ahead of teammate Raikkonen.

The Finn was testing a new aerodynamic package which will be tried by Massa tomorrow.

Massa was nearly six tenths quicker than world champion Fernando Alonso, third fastest in the McLaren. Alonso's teammate Lewis Hamilton was fifth quickest, the Briton causing one of the red flags of the day when he stopped on track with the MP4-22.

BMW-Sauber continued to show impressive pace, with Robert Kubica finishing as fourth quickest, albeit nearly a whole second behind Massa. Kubica's day, however, was not without trouble, the Pole stopping twice on track with apparent mechanical problems.

The day was marked by Heikki Kovalainen's big accident. The Renault driver, who was uninjured in the crash, managed only 19 laps before he lost control of his car and smashed heavily against the barriers, forcing him to stop testing as his team tried to repair the damage.

His teammate Giancarlo Fisichella enjoyed a much more productive day, covering 82 laps despite being hindered by gearbox problems.

Frenchman Franck Montagny took to the track to replace Toyota teammate Ralf Schumacher, who covered just 36 laps before he hurt his back when he spun his car over the kerbs. Schumacher is expected to return to work for tomorrow's session.

Honda's Christian Klien and James Rossiter were the men in charge of testing duties for the Japanese squad, the Austrian driver trying some new aerodynamic components fitted to the RA107.

Klien, running with Bridgestone's harder compound, finished as 11th fastest. Rossiter, still learning the track, was 14th.

David Coulthard and Mark Webber were still far from the top of times with Red Bull's RB3, the Scot also causing the final red flag of the day when he stopped with problems.

Super Aguri were the only team not running this year's car, with Takuma Sato still at the wheel of the interim machine. The Japanese finished ahead of American Scott Speed, slowest in the new Toro Rosso.

The Bahrain test is the final one before the start of the season in Australia.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                    Time     Laps
 1.  Massa         Ferrari            (B)  1:31.260  102
 2.  Raikkonen     Ferrari            (B)  1:31.590   95
 3.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:31.851   96
 4.  Kubica        BMW Sauber         (B)  1:32.108   74
 5.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:32.193   55
 6.  Fisichella    Renault            (B)  1:32.556   82
 7.  Kovalainen    Renault            (B)  1:32.880   19
 8.  Montagny      Toyota             (B)  1:32.999   37
 9.  Trulli        Toyota             (B)  1:33.150   64
10.  Vettel        BMW Sauber         (B)  1:33.219   34
11.  Klien         Honda              (B)  1:33.378   90
12.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:33.526   69
13.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:33.642   74
14.  Rossiter      Honda              (B)  1:33.697   78
15.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:33.813   75
16.  R.Schumacher  Toyota             (B)  1:34.030   36
17.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:34.137   44

All Timing Unofficial