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Formula One News » Day 3 F1 testing at Jerez – Felipe Massa keeps Ferrari on top Posted on 07/02/2013

Felipe Massa’s early morning time ensured Ferrari stayed on top of the time sheets today in Jerez as he became the first driver to dip below the 1:18s

Ferrari now becomes the third different table topper across the 3 days, joining Mclaren and Lotus.

Mercedes were back on form with Nico Rosberg tallying up 148 laps.

“I’m very happy with today and I think it was probably a personal record for me to do almost 150 laps.” – said Nico Rosberg

Mercedes tweeted: “Nico also thinks 150 laps may be his personal testing record in a single day. Does anybody out there know better?!”

Today saw Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel have their first days testing in their new cars.

Vettel completed 102 laps with a fastest time of 1:19.052, placing him third quickest of the day. Kimi Raikkonen finished below vettel in 4th completeing 40 laps and setting a fastest time of 1:19.220.

Jenson Button stopped out on track at the end of the session bringing an early end to the days testing.

Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:17.879s

Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:18.766s +0.887

Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:19.052 +1.173

Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:19.200 +1.321

Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:19.247 +1.368

James Rossiter Force India 1:19.303 +1.424

Jenson Button McLaren 1:19.603     +1.724

Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:19.934  +2.055

Max Chilton Marussia 1:21.269        +3.390

Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:21.575     +3.696

Charles Pic Caterham 1:22.352        +4.473

Paul di Resta Force India 1:23.729  +5.850