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Kimi Raikkonen was back behind the wheel of the Ferrari F60 this morning, on the fourth and penultimate day of testing for Scuderia Ferrari and seven other teams gathered at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain.

In the morning the sky was grey, but the track remained dry; as foreseen the rain started falling just before 1pm.

Fortunately Raikkonen had the opportunity to drive several kilometres with the tyres suited for a dry track. 71 laps were accomplished before the lunch break, including a fastest lap of 1:20.250 which set him as today's second fastest driver, 0.305 seconds off Fernando Alonso's Renault.

After the lunch break there was a problem with the hydraulic system that took the mechanics quite a while to fix. Once it was sorted, Kimi went back on track and worked on endurance with several long stints; overall 105 laps were completed today. The Finn's first impressions of the car's behaviour were positive indeed, although there is still a lot of work to do before the start of the season begins in a few weeks.

Kimi will be on track for the Scuderia again tomorrow.

Jerez testing times 4th of March 2009: