Massa stays on top in Bahrain
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa continued with his dominant form in testing at the Sakhir circuit by posting the fastest time for the second day running
Massa, who caused the final red flag of the day when he stopped on track with 20 minutes remaining, covered a total of 100 laps on his way to the top of the timesheet, the Brazilian finishing over half a second quicker than his nearest rival, Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren.
Massa was testing the new aero package tried for the first time by teammate Kimi Raikkonen yesterday. The Finn was third quickest on another strong day for Ferrari.
Hamilton, hindered by a hydraulic problem in the morning, covered 55 laps in the Mercedes-powered MP4-22, while teammate Pedro de la Rosa completed 52 and was fifth fastest.
World champion Fernando Alonso did not test today, and instead watched the action from the pitwall.
Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella was the busiest driver with 109 laps covered, as his team tried to make up for the lost time following Heikki Kovalainen's crash yesterday.
The Finn returned to action in the afternoon following yesterday's high-speed accident, which forced Renault's mechanics to work overnight to have the car ready for today.
Kovalainen was back on track around 2pm and managed 30 laps, although he had to drive the car fitted with an old bodywork after destroying the one the team planned to use in Australia.
BMW Sauber continued to suffer reliability problems with their F1.07, with Robert Kubica again stopping twice with mechanical problems.
The remaining red flags of the day were caused by Scot David Coulthard, who lost a fuel flap while on track, Toyota's Jarno Trulli, Honda's Jenson Button and de la Rosa, whose car came to a stop late in the day.
Trulli's teammate Ralf Schumacher was back behind the wheel after having to skip half of yesterday's session following a spin in which he hurt his back.
Tomorrow's session is the final day of testing before the season kicks off in Australia.
Today's times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:30.640 100 2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:31.178 55 3. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:31.490 94 4. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:31.967 109 5. de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:31.971 52 6. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:32.068 30 7. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:32.264 73 8. Button Honda (B) 1:32.293 73 9. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:32.359 47 10. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:32.648 54 11. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:32.650 61 12. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:32.837 100 13. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:33.054 85 14. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.146 52 15. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.238 53 16. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:33.384 33 All Timing Unofficial
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