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Kimi fastest on third day at Paul Ricard

Kimi Raikkonen put his Ferrari top of the timesheets on the third day of testing at the Paul Ricard test track in France. His time of 1:28.833s beat surprise second fastest Scott Speed of Toro Rosso by just a couple tenths of a second. The American was in turn just 0.031s quicker than third fastest Heikki Kovalainen in the Renault.

The times were a lot slower than the previous two days of testing as the track changed from the Monaco to the Montreal-style configuration so the teams could test low-downforce setups in preparation for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Robert Kubica, Mark Webber and Toyota test driver Franck Montagny completed the top six although only less than a second separated the top eight.  

The session was relatively problem free for the teams although the odd shower of rain delayed the day's programme. Kimi Raikkonen did suffer electronic problems in the morning, whilst Honda test driver Christian Klien suffered an engine failure on his first lap out having taken over from Rubens Barrichello in the afternoon. Testing resumes tomorrow for the last day of the Paul Ricard test. 

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