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Monza day one - Massa sets the pace at Italian test
European Grand Prix winner Felipe Massa continued where he'd left off in Valencia on Wednesday, as he topped the timesheets in this week's first day of testing at Monza. Massa took his Ferrari around the Italian circuit in 1m 23.428s to edge McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen into second...
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Ferrari reveal cause of Raikkonen engine strife
Ferrari believe that the engine failure, which ended Kimi Raikkonen's European Grand Prix on Lap 46, was caused by a broken con rod. A similar issue is understood to have resulted in the retirement of team mate Felipe Massa from the previous round in Hungary.
“Initial analysis of the engine fitted to Kimi Raikkonen's car confirmed the breakage of a con rod,” said the Italian team in a statement. “Currently underway are further checks to try and understand what provoked the failure, even if it is easy to surmise that it could be a similar problem to the one that sidelined Felipe, three laps from the end of the Hungarian Grand Prix.”
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Testing to resume at Monza this week
With the summer ban now lifted, the Formula One fraternity is expected to be out in force testing at Monza this week. All 10 teams are scheduled to make the journey to the Italian track to begin preparations for September's Belgian and Italian Grands Prix.
While the rest of the field will test from Wednesday, Ferrari will be in action a day earlier. GT driver Andrea Bertolini will be in the F2008's cockpit on Tuesday, before he hands the car over to Ferrari race regular Felipe Massa for Wednesday and Thursday. World champion Kimi Raikkonen, meanwhile, will be on driving duties on Friday.
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FIA post-race press conference - Europe
1st Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h35m32.339s; 2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes), 1h35m37.950s; 3rd Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), 1h36m09.692s
Q: Felipe, what a way to bounce back from the disappointment of Hungary by winning the inaugural European Grand Prix from pole and setting the fastest lap.
Felipe Massa: I think it is amazing after such a bad result we come here with a new track which was new for everybody and we did just such a fantastic job from preparing the car...
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European Grand Prix - selected driver quotes
Ferrari's Felipe Massa on his controversial win in Valencia; Force India's Adrian Sutil on narrowly avoiding the Brazilian in the pit lane before ending his race in the barriers; and Renault's Fernando Alonso on exiting his second home race of the season on the first lap. All 20 drivers report back on Sunday's action…
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