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F1: Thursday testing at Portimao cancelled

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Khatir Soltani
The Formula 1 teams braved another day of torrential rainstorms at the Algarve Motor Park in Portimao, Portugal today, forcing the team to take shelter in the garage for the entire session.

Mugello (Italy)
Scuderia Ferrari - Felipe Massa
Finally, the weather was not too bad today, which meant that, as from late morning, slick tyres could be used. Felipe Massa was thus able to run on a dry track, accumulating a large amount of data, which will be analysed over the next few days.
Felipe completed a total of 103 laps, the quickest in a time of 1.23.981.

Valencia (Spain)
BMW-Sauber - Robert Kubica
Test kilometres today: 465 km (116 laps)
The team today continued its evaluation programme for the BMW Sauber F1.09. In the morning Robert Kubica tried different set-up solutions and once more carried out a number of race start simulations. Due to strong winds in the afternoon, the engineers switched their focus to overall reliability.
photo:Ferrari
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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