Massa: "I'm very happy with these tests. Ferrari in the group of the best"

It's a satisfied Massa who met the journalists at the end of his second day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. "We have done everything we set out to do at the beginning of this month of testing: we are very happy with the work done" – said Felipe – "We wanted to have a competitive car and I think we have achieved this objective. We have reached a good level of reliability, which is very important."

"It's difficult to say who worked better than everyone else" – continued Felipe – "Today the ranking says Hamilton but we're all within a few tenths. For my part, I'm satisfied with the car, both when we simulated qualifying and when we lapped with a lot of fuel on board. I believe that we are in the group of those who did well in these tests, as was seen in this last day of testing, when many of us went around simulating qualifying. I don't agree at all with who says that we are the strongest: I believe we are there, together with several teams. I can't say that we will go to Bahrain and win: but I know that we will fight to do it. Here we had brought some aerodynamic modifications, which improved the performance of the car: now it will be a matter of continuing to work in this direction. Then the important thing is to be ahead at the end of the year, not now. I say the same thing regarding the car: I was lucky enough to drive several very strong Ferraris and whether the F10 is the best I have ever driven I will only know after the Abu Dhabi race!"

After fifteen days of testing in Spain, the unknown remains regarding the behavior of the tires with high temperatures, those which will certainly be experienced in Bahrain and Malaysia, just to limit ourselves to the first part of the season: "The situation could be a little different but in However, during these sessions we got an idea of ​​how the tires will work this year. Maybe sometimes, like yesterday for example, it was too cold for certain types of tires which therefore didn't perform at their best but we were still able to collect a lot of information that will be useful during the championship. Their behavior will also influence the strategies: if there were to be a strong degradation, then perhaps more stops will be necessary but we will find out race by race. This year, since there are no more the constraint of the quantity of petrol on board, the moment in which the pit stops will be made will be much more unpredictable and will influence the final result even more."