Felipe Massa took over from Kimi Raikkonen in the cockpit of the Ferrari F60 today as the Scuderia's programme included a full race weekend simulation during the penultimate day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona.

The penultimate day of testing today at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona as all the teams continue to get ready for the start of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship, didn't start at all well for Scuderia Ferrari. Felipe Massa, who took over testing duties from Kimi Raikkonen for the final two days in Spain and now sits behind the wheel of the new Ferrari F60, went out on the circuit just after 9am, but he soon had to stop by the side of the track due to a hydraulic problem.

The necessary repair work took to the F60 over two hours and the Brazilian finally got into the car at 12:10 for a race weekend simulation: the first part, the three qualifying test sessions, wasn't brought to a successful end, because there wasn't enough time left in the session due to Buemi's Toro Rosso becoming stranded on the Spanish track.

Massa then started the race simulation programme and completed it successfully in contrast to Raikkonen's attempt yesterday. Massa eventually drove 109 laps today the best in a time of 1.20.168, which was the second fastest time of the day just behind the surprisingly fast Brawn GP driven by Jenson Button.

Tomorrow will see the final day of testing for the Scuderia at this circuit, when Massa will again be on the track in the F60. The Spanish test will be the Maranello team's last track outing before the F1 season kicks off at Melbourne in Australia in fifteen days time.

Today's testing times from Barcelona:

Button (Brawn GP), 1.19.127 (130)
Massa (Ferrari), 1.20.168 (109)
Kubica (BMW), 1.20.217 (114)
Glock (Toyota), 1.20.410 (132)
Alonso (Renault), 1.20.863 (107)
Vettel (Red Bull), 1.21.165 (102)
Rosberg (Williams), 1.21.324 (89)
Fisichella (Force India), 1.21.545 (97)
Buemi (Toro Rosso), 1.21.569 (145)
Hamilton (McLaren), 1.21.657 (86)

Test Details (11/03/2009) - Circuit: Circuit de Catalunya - 4.655 km; Driver: Felipe Massa; Car: Ferrari F60; Weather: air temperature 10/16 °C, track temperature 11/21 °C. Cloudy.