British GP, Scuderia Ferrari: A difficult first day

05/07/2008 19:47. Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen ended the first day of practice for the ninth round of the world championship in eighth and twelfth places respectively and as the reigning world champion pointed out, this is not an accurate reflection on the relative strengths of the teams. However, this was not the best of days for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.

Although he set the fastest time, the morning session did not go well for Felipe. He was caught out by a long line of oil that had just been left on the entrance to a corner by Alonso's Renault, lost grip and spun backwards into the barrier at high speed. His F2008 had been travelling at 290 km/h prior to the spin. A small fire broke out at the back and the marshals extinguished it, as the driver got out of the cockpit uninjured. The incident was a... // AutoCorse.it