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Massa: The F60 is very different to drive

Felipe Massa had the honour on Monday to test Ferrari's all-new F60 at the Mugello circuit. Under the eye of the invited media the Brazilian completed around 100 kilometres in the team's new car using the KERS. At the end of the day Massa explained the car is completely different to last year's car and more difficult to drive.

Speaking after his first day of testing with the F60 Felipe Massa said: "This car is completely different from the one we had last year. Many rules have changed and they are all visible, the impact of the rules, such as the introduction of the KERS, the changed aerodynamics; all these things make it very different for us all to drive.

"For the first day there weren't planned 100 laps or particular lap times, because when the rules change in such an important way the shakedown becomes more difficult and delicate. We resolved some minor problems today and I'm glad that I went 100 kilometres using the KERS, which was the part that worried us most. We started to use it just a bit in the beginning and then we raised its performance level. In the upcoming tests we'll have the possibility to try out all its different aspects. We used this first day to check the general functioning of the engine, the gearbox, the suspension and the KERS; it was positive, because everything worked just fine. We wanted to do 100 laps, but in reality we tested more than we had actually expected to."

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