Today marked the end of a long test session at the Sakhir that involved nine teams over six days, preparing for the World Championship that gets underway on 18th March in Melbourne, Australia.
Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, both ran with a new 056 engine today, completing all the F2007 development programme which the team had defined prior to arriving in Bahrain.
Massa finished his work even before the lunch break, which meant that, in the final part of the day, Raikkonen was able to go back to using the aerodynamic package that he had already tried on Tuesday. Both drivers worked mainly on finding the best set-up for the car.
Massa completed 45 laps with a best time of 1:29.989s, while Raikkonen put in 77 laps with a best of 1:30.534s.
For Massa, his time was the fastest of the entire test and was the fourth time in the six days that he topped the timesheets.
With winter testing now over, the team will be concentrating on preparing for the trip to Australia.
On Thursday 8th March at Fiorano, Luca Badoer will carry out the shakedown of the cars that will take part in the first Grand Prix of the year.
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