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This afternoon saw the teams bring three days of testing to a close here at the Silverstone circuit, which hosts the British Grand Prix a week Sunday.

Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen was at the wheel of the F2008 today for Ferrari as the Finnish driver continued with the work initiated over the past couple of days by team-mate Felipe Massa, focussed mainly on the development of new aerodynamic and mechanical solutions, as well as research into the best set up for the car for next weekend’s race at this track.

Today was however affected by several interruptions caused by cars stranded out on track. Raikkonen was third fastest on the day with his 13th lap of 60 proving the quickest. He set a time of 1:20.321 minutes and had a gap of 1.151 seconds on Lewis Hamilton with that. The McLaren Mercedes driver was the fastest man on track today with a lap time of 1:19.170 minutes.

“I am pleased with the way testing went,” Raikkonen stated before leaving the circuit. “Obviously it is far too early to say where we can be on this track compared to our main rivals, but I can see no reason why we should not be competitive.”

Silverstone testing time day 3: