Ferrari’s test warning to McLaren

Following the morning session of yesterday’s Formula One test at Monza, we informed you that the Williams of Nico Rosberg was the quickest man on the track. By the end of the day, natural order had been resumed and everything was right in the universe. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa continued his wonderful recent run by topping the timesheets for the first day of testing. It was the teams’ first chance to test since the end of the five-week summer ban.

Ferrari took the opportunity to fire a warning shot in the general direction of Lewis Hamilton and McLaren. Many pundits have suggested that Hamilton will have to write-off the Belgian Grand Prix in 10 days time as a Ferrari win and focus his attention on the Italian Grand Prix a week later instead. But Ferrari showed they will be no slouches in Monza with Massa leading the way once again.

The Brazilian completed 101 laps of the Italian circuit as the teams worked on their low downforce aerodynamic packed which will be used at the Monza race.
Times from Monza (27/08/2008):
1. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 1:23.428, 101 laps
2. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) - 1:23.439, 78 laps
3. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) - 1:23.461, 60 laps
4. Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1:23.691, 99 laps
5. Rubens Barrichello (Honda) - 1:23.827, 85 laps
6. Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) - 1:24.005, 96 laps
7. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber-BMW) - 1:24.075, 77 laps
8. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India-Ferrari) - 1:24.239, 99 laps
9. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) - 1:24.510, 92 laps
10. Nelson Piquet jr. (Renault) - 1:24.540, 117 laps