The start of the test session this morning was slightly postponed due to thick fog at the Catalan circuit, however it lifted and Valentino Rossi was able to carry out his second and final day of testing in Spain behind the wheel of an F2008.

The start of the test session this morning was slightly postponed, due to thick fog at the Catalan circuit at Montmelò. It was Valentino Rossi’s second day of testing in Spain behind the wheel of an F2008. No fear for Maranello’s F1 Clienti department’s technical staff, who are well used to the fog at the home of the Prancing Horse.

The MotoGP World Champion who lives in Tavullia, Italy, arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday evening on the occasion of the two-day special test organised by Ferrari on board an F2008 single-seater. Today saw the motorbike star concluding his latest experience behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, his sixth test since his debut at Fiorano in 2004. There were great expectations and plenty of confidence in the test session after yesterday’s good results, while Rossi was accompanied by his friends as well as numerous of his fans in the grandstand.

After a short lunch break Rossi went back onto the track in the F2008. After the thick fog had lifted, the sun came out, drying the track and enabling the technicians from Maranello to fit the car with slicks, which lead to a remarkable improvement of lap times and performance.

An extraordinary consultant for Rossi today came in the shape of Felipe Massa, who arrived in Barcelona in order to undertake a test session himself tomorrow on the Spanish race track. The Brazilian driver will sit behind the wheel of the F2008 single-seater which was used by Rossi today and yesterday and which was brought to the track by Maranello’s F1 Clienti department, to gain more confidence with a Formula 1 car after his long enforced break, due to his accident during the qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix last summer.