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Pirelli test: Massa on top

At the end of the opening day

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19 November 2010 - 14:35

A two-day Pirelli test kicked off today on the Yas Marina Circuit.

The teams took it easy as they tried to get some understanding of the Italian manufacturer’s tyres.

Thirteen drivers were on duty and Felipe Massa topped the list at the end of the day. His best time was a 1’40’’170 and was three tenths of a second faster than Sebastian Vettel’s best effort. Gary Paffett completed the top three for McLaren.

Kamui Kobayashi set the fourth fastest time for Sauber. In spite of some mechanical problems on his Renault R30, Robert Kubica was fifth fastest.

At Force India, Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta shared the duties. The German tested this morning but had his work cut short by a broken exhaust. The team worked hard to fix the car, so that di Resta could take over at the wheel in the afternoon.

The teams will have another full day of testing tomorrow before the winter break.

You can find all the Pirelli test pictures in our live updated gallery here.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01	F. Massa	Ferrari F10	1.40.170		94
02	S. Vettel	Red Bull RB6	1.40.500	+0.330	77
03	G. Paffett	McLaren MP4-25	1.40.874	+0.704	94
04	K. Kobayashi	Sauber C29	1.40.950	+0.780	83
05	R. Kubica	Renault R30	1.41.032	+0.862	39
06	R. Barrichello	Williams FW32	1.41.425	+1.255	91
07	P. di Resta	Force India VJM03	1.41.615	+1.445	20
08	N. Rosberg	Mercedes GP W01	1.41.778	+1.608	81
09	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso STR5	1.42.019	+1.849	72
10	A. Sutil	Force India VJM03	1.42.859	+2.689	20
11	T. Glock	Virgin VR-01	1.44.124	+3.954	79
12	H. Kovalainen	Lotus T127	1.44.686	+4.516	88
13	P. Maldonado	HRT F110	1.45.728	+5.558	83