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Massa raises the bar with eye opening test time

Felipe Massa kicked off the first day of the final pre-season test with a massively quick lap, far quicker than anything we've seen during testing so far. The Williams driver used the soft tyre to post a 1:23.500, displacing Lewis Hamilton from the top spot in the process. Hamilton eventually dropped to third for Mercedes. However the Briton only used the medium tyre and posted a respectable 1:24.881 during the morning session. Sauber's Marcus Ericsson moved to second with an afternoon run on the supersoft tyre to go seven-tenths slower than the Brazilian. Daniil Kvyat was fourth fastest for Toro Rosso ahead of Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari. Carlos Sainz Jr was seventh...
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