Kyalami hosted the fifth round of the A1GP championship last weekend and the event also saw four of the cars from the FXX Programme taking to the track.

Last weekend, the South African circuit Kyalami hosted the fifth round of the A1GP Championship and the event also saw four of the race track-only 'laboratory' cars from the prestigious FXX Programme taking to the track.

Canadian owner Lorne Leibel along with fellow American owner-test drivers Philip and Phil III Bachman, taking turns at the wheel of car 22, Germany's Eberhard Jung and Aaron Kwok from Hong Kong, took part in five timed sessions, further contributing to the development of this technical collaboration programme, set up in 2006.

A special guest on the Saturday came in the form of Scuderia Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa, who visited the FXX garage, prior to getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari 599 Safety Car, for some hot laps of the circuit that is the former home of the South African Grand Prix.

Meanwhile Scuderia Ferrari is concluding the preparations for the test sessions, which will be held next week, from 1st to 5th March, at Jerez de la Frontera in Southern Spain. During the week Luca Badoer performed some aerodynamic tests on the straight at the Vairano circuit, knocking down several solutions, which will be part of the package for the Ferrari F60's debut in the Formula 1 World Championship.

The duration of the Spanish test has been extended to five days to enable the teams - apart from the Scuderia there will be McLaren, BMW, Toyota, Red Bull, Renault, Williams and Force India - to test for the first time the tyres Bridgestone will use as of the upcoming season.

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa will be present at the penultimate test session before the 2009 season starts at Melbourne. The Brazilian will start the sessions on Sunday until Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday Raikkonen will be behind the wheel of the F60.