Ferrari don’t have an advantage going into Barcelona, that’s the thought of Felipe Massa who set the third quickest time today in Barcelona, and has regularly been at the pointy end of the times in testing.
“I’m satisfied with the whole of testing, not just Barcelona, [but] Valencia and Jerez too – we did what we wanted to do, but it looks like it will be a very tough and competitive championship.
“We never expected to have an advantage and to go to the first race and win in an easy way, definitely not. We expect to have a competitive car, and this I think we have done. The car is reliable, but also consistent, and that is what we want to start the season.
“We are not here to be the champions of the pre-season. We are here to work on the car, to try to have a good championship and fighting for the championship,” said Massa.
However, Sebastian Vettel who finished fifth quickest today, but shared the cockpit with teammate Mark Webber thinks Ferrari are ahead in terms of pace.
“As I said, I see Ferrari in the lead and then us, McLaren and Mercedes. In this group it is pretty tight. Sometimes one has an advantage over the others.”
