Sunny and windy conditions greeted Felipe Massa and the Ferrari team for the final day of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.

The Brazilian driver worked in great detail on various set-up options on the Ferrari F60, on experimenting with several aerodynamic solutions, as well as continuing with reliability work on both engine and gearbox.

Apart from a few minor glitches, the most serious problem occurred at the start of the day when a faulty cable left Massa stranded at the side of the track. However, the bulk of the planned workload was completed.

"Today was a good day, apart from some minor problems, which held us up a bit," said Massa. "We have to work on that to avoid that they come back. And the strong wind bothered us a bit. We drove many kilometres to improve the car and I think that we're heading in the right direction."

"We've seen during these days that there's a great balance, not just between the three team on this track, but also with the others. We're at the start of the season and now we have to wait and see who will take the biggest step until the first race starts."

"We'll know much more at Melbourne. It was a pity that we lost almost two entire days her last week because of the sandstorm. But I think that all in all we were able to make up the lost time. I'm convinced that the decision to come to Bahrain for this long test session was very good," he concluded.

Massa completed 113 laps with a best time of 1:32.162s, just a fraction off Kimi Raikkonen's best time this week, a 1:32.102s, recorded on Tuesday.

Sakhir - 19/02/2009
1 . F. Massa - Ferrari F60 - 1:32.162 (+ 0.000 ) - 113 laps
2 . N. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber F1.09 - 1:32.225 (+ 0.063 ) - 122 laps
3 . T. Glock - Toyota TF109 - 1:32.445 (+ 0.283 ) - 65 laps.

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