There was more rain in Jerez yesterday along with strong winds which once again disrupted Scuderia Ferrari's testing and development with Felipe Massa again at the wheel of the F10, the day's programme modified to suits the conditions. All the teams taking part in the third official test of the year were affected by the conditions.

Ferrari's programme was modified according to yesterday’s changing track conditions and in the afternoon the team dedicated the available time to training for race procedures, such as pit stop practicing.

Massa concluded his second day of testing, the sixth in total of the preparations for the upcoming Championship, with 92 laps, the fastest in a time of 1.28.879, driven in the morning. The fastest time of the day went to the Williams-Cosworth of Rubens Barrichello, the veteran Brazilian driver catching a midday dry spell to go almost seven-tenths of a second ahead of Vitaly Petrov in the Renault in the timesheets. Third and fourth quickest times went to Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) and Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) respectively with Massa rounding out the top-five fastest times.

In the morning a mechanical problem forced the Brazilian to stop for two hours at the box. "Those were no good two days, like the ones last week,” Felipe said at the end of the day. "Yesterday and today the track was almost always completely wet. Nevertheless driving many kilometres was useful for the reliability and for fixing some small problems. And we are all in the same boat, so we shouldn’t complain. Obviously those who didn’t have many possibilities to drive on the dry, might be penalised, because there are only six days of testing left. From this point of view I’m really happy that our team has done more laps than any other, but obviously I hope that we’ll have sun in Barcelona. The car is set up very well, on the wet and on the dry,” Massa added. "This morning’s problem? Nothing to worry about. We know what we have to do to fix it."

The Brazilian driver was asked about the competitors he has seen so far on the track. “I’d say that Red Bull has a good car, but that’s no surprise considering how they concluded last season. I expect to fight against them, McLaren and Mercedes, but it’s still too early to say anything concrete. For now we’re concentrating on our work." Testing continues at this track today, with Fernando Alonso taking over driving duties.

Thursday Testing Times, Jerez

1. Barrichello 1.27.145 (98 laps)
2. Petrov 1.27.828 (56)
3. Vettel 1.28.162 (70)
4. Rosberg 1.28.515 (71)
5. Massa 1.28.879 (92)
6. De La Rosa 1.29.691 (8)
7. Di Resta 1.30.344 (33
8. Glock 1.30.476 (72)
9. Liuzzi 1.30.666 (24)
10. Hamilton 1.30.979 (57)
11. Buemi 1.32.678 (57)
13. Kovalainen 1.33.544 (30)

Scuderia Ferrari Test Details, 18/02/2010: Circuit: Circuito Permanente de Velocidad, Jerez de la Frontera – 4.428 km; Driver: Felipe Massa; Car: Ferrari F10; Weather: air temperature 10/14 °C, track temperature 11/14 °C. Overcast, rain in the first hour of the morning and at the end of the afternoon, very windy, track never completely dry.