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Barcelona testing Day 1 – April 14th, 2008: Felipe Massa fastest on slicks 

On the first day of testing at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, who run on slicks and with a new nose cone, clocked the fastest lap time among the 9 out of 20 cars who took part at the session. The Brazilian was followed by Honda’s test driver Alexander Wurz and McLaren-Mercedes’ Pedro de la Rosa. The drivers will be back on track tomorrow when the test session is scheduled to resume.

(Pos – Driver – Team – Lap Time – Laps)

1. Massa – Ferrari – 1:18.339 – 77
2. Wurz – Honda – 1:21.059 – 75
3. de la Rosa – McLaren-Mercedes – 1:21.566 – 113
4. Heidfeld – BMW-Sauber – 1:21.679 – 105
5. Piquet – Renault – 1:22.125 – 69
6. Coulthard – Red Bull-Renault – 1:22.197 – 59
7. Nakajima – Williams-Toyota – 1:22.431 – 72
8. Glock – Toyota – 1:22.590 – 92
9. Liuzzi – Force India-Ferrari – 1:22.846 – 91